Self Reliance - Softcover

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Synopsis

From the spiritual to the economic, Emerson’s Self-Reliance details the various aspects of a man’s ability to rely on himself for survival. This 19th century essay resolutely supports Emerson’s life-long belief in individualism and encourages mankind to pass over practices like conformity and false consistency for following intuition and instincts instead. Rather than promoting ideas of anti-society, Emerson asserts self-reliance is a starting point for a more efficient society, and not an end goal.

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About the Author

There are few people as quoted and quotable as Ralph Waldo Emerson, founder of the transcendental movement and author of classic essays as Self-Reliance, Nature, and The American Scholar. Emerson began his career as a Unitarian minister and later put those oratory skills to move us toward a better society. More remains written on him than by him. This special collection has many contributors, revealing the range of people under his influence. On the day of this book s publication, May 25, 2011, Emerson would have been 208.

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