In what work did Emerson introduce the concept of the Over-Soul? July 9, 2020January 25, 2012 by Pamela Landy Emerson’s idea of “the soul of the whole” appeared first in the essay, “The Over-Soul,” included in his First Series (1841). Related Answers What poet in what poem says “I am the master of my fate/I am the captain of my soul”? When did President Nixon introduce the term the “Silent Majority”? Where are Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne buried? What author said of what work, “I have protracted my work til most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds: I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquility, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise”? Is the work called The Rake’s Progress a painting or an opera? From what work did Matthew Arnold get the phrase “sweetness and light”?
