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It is about figuring out the reality and then finding your own path. On Self-Reliance Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson One ...
In this essay, Emerson argues that true self-reliance means following one’s own thoughts, beliefs, and intuition rather than conforming to societal pressures and external expectations. He believes ...
“Self-Reliance.” Did the great Ralph Waldo Emerson get it wrong? Have we? Have we turned self-reliance into self-centeredness?
John J. Miller is joined by Brenda Wineapple to discuss Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self-Reliance. John J. Miller brings The Great Books podcast to a close. John J. Miller is joined by Peter Meilaender ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson, his disciple Henry David Thoreau, the Alcott family, Margaret Fuller, and Nathaniel Hawthorne (whose residence was brief but significant) made the place a byword for the ...