Emerson’s Essay: History. Word Reference Guide

I began reading Emerson’s Essay for my philosophy class. Because of the time it was written, I found it quite challenging to first read due the vocabulary used during this time. I thought I would go back a second time and create a list of unfamiliar words so others might use as a reference guide for their reading as well.

• Inlet
• Explicable
• Epoch
• Centrifugal
• Centripetal
• Odious
• Alcibiades
• Proteus
• Catiline
• Solomon
• Inviolable
• Sacerdotal
• stoic
• lineament
• accost
• discourse
• Oracle
• Annals
• ether
• angularity
• manipular
• martyrdom
• proxy
• Belzoni
• Catacombs
• pedants
• ere
• metempsychosis
• mutable