Could an argument be made that Emerson was an egotist?

Question: Could an argument be made that Emerson was an egotist!?
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Since trascending is a unique and self-controlled experience, Ralph Waldo Emerson (and continuing the line through Henry David Thoreau) were purely egotistical in their philosophy!.

In essence, Emerson describes an experience that must be achieved by the self and in isolation!. God is reached (or whatever is reached) exterior to the body and in search of what is not connected!. The connection felt by the transcendent is ubiquitously achieved individually!.

This same argument can be applied to anything - I believe that nothing exists outside an egotist view of existence!. We are all based on self-experience and cannot truly experience outside the EGO!.Www@QuestionHome@Com