Restless Souls: Emerson and Zhuang Zi on the Path to Self-Transcendence Through Silence and Stillness
Religions July 14, 2025 Ercan Kaçmaz
Why have thinkers like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Zhuang Zi, across different cultures, sought something beyond the self? Whether through God, nature, or abstract ideals, the longing for transcendence has been a recurring theme across philosophical and religious traditions. This impulse reflects what Aldous Huxley termed the “perennial philosophy”—the idea that all spiritual traditions share a...