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Self Reliance: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader
SELF RELIANCE is an essay written in 1841 by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
★ It contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson's recurrent the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his own instincts and ideas.
★ This essay is an analysis into the nature of the aboriginal self on which a universal reliance may be grounded.
★ Emerson emphasises the importance of individualism and its effect on an individual's satisfaction in life. He stresses that anyone is capable of achieving happiness, simply if they change their mindset.
★ Emerson focuses on seemingly insignificant details explaining how life is "learning and forgetting and learning again".
★ This book has been carefully adapted in to Modern English to allow for easy reading. ✓
ENJOY ♥
★ It contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson's recurrent the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his own instincts and ideas.
★ This essay is an analysis into the nature of the aboriginal self on which a universal reliance may be grounded.
★ Emerson emphasises the importance of individualism and its effect on an individual's satisfaction in life. He stresses that anyone is capable of achieving happiness, simply if they change their mindset.
★ Emerson focuses on seemingly insignificant details explaining how life is "learning and forgetting and learning again".
★ This book has been carefully adapted in to Modern English to allow for easy reading. ✓
ENJOY ♥
35 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 16, 2020
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February 2, 2021
Loved it
Great stuff, makes you look within and found it very enlightening, thanks for the great read! Just what I expected.
Great stuff, makes you look within and found it very enlightening, thanks for the great read! Just what I expected.
January 24, 2024
An interesting read
I found parts of this to be thought provoking. This was supposed to be a much more reader friendly version than the original. I am not sure it achieved that.
I found parts of this to be thought provoking. This was supposed to be a much more reader friendly version than the original. I am not sure it achieved that.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews