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    Self-Reliance: The Wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson as Inspiration for Daily Living
    Self-Reliance: The Wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson as Inspiration for Daily Living
    Self-Reliance: The Wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson as Inspiration for Daily Living
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    Self-Reliance: The Wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson as Inspiration for Daily Living

    Written by Ralph Waldo Emerson

    Narrated by Peter Johnson

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    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateDec 16, 1999
    ISBN9781449801939
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was a prolific essayist, public philosopher, poet, and political commentator who became world famous in his lifetime and influenced authors as diverse as Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Friedrich Nietzsche, W. E. B. DuBois, and others.

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    • 5/5
      Emerson's Self-Reliance is considered by many to be integral to the beginning of the transcendentalist movement, and while I am not especially a fan of transcendentalism as a whole, I do believe that this work is one of the more coherent proponents of the individual over society. Some of Emerson's arguments against the individual obtaining anything useful from societal, familial, religious, or governmental organizations may lend themselves towards an increasing slide towards solipsism - nothing exists in a vacuum - and his apparent distaste for travel seems xenophobic in nature (if not intention), his overall treatise that exceptional individuals (he tends to focus on 'artistic geniuses' more often than not) become so by rejecting cultural norms and accepted knowledge and distancing themselves from the common man and his organizational trappings. There are definitely holes in some of his arguments that could be exploited in an open debate, but the bulk of this essay speaks honestly of the need for the individual to seek its own path.
    • 3/5
      This short read/listen is a collection of thoughts published by the author. It it urges readers to trust your gut feeling, rather than follow the herd. It was a difficult listen because of it's English construction dates from it's birth in 1841;also, it seemed like a stream of consciousness.