He Exposed American Thinkers To The Writings And Philosophies Of Asia And The Middle East

Following the American Revolutionary War, Ralph Waldo first learned about the Indonesian-Chinese commerce. As a young lad in Boston, he enjoyed watching the harbor, and this business was common on the docks. While attending Harvard, he continued to study the Middle East and Asia. He researched the characteristics of Middle Eastern and Asian civilizations there. Ralph was so enamored of Asian philosophy and culture that he even referred to it as his second wife.

At Harvard, he continued to invest in and study Asia and the Middle East, which had an impact on his writing, ideologies, and outlook on life. He used the texts from India, Persia, and China to further his newfound way of thinking and believing as he started to lecture on the subject of transcendentalism. He then shared these ideas in his lectures and in The Dial through "Ethnical Scriptures," demonstrating to the world that philosophies of truth were shared by all cultures.