What is society's main purpose according to Ralph Waldo Emerson in "Self-Reliance"?
What is society's main purpose according to Ralph Waldo Emerson in...
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For Ralph Waldo Emerson, conformity was not a desirable characteristic....
For Ralph Waldo Emerson, conformity was not a desirable characteristic. Do you think there are times when conformity is desirable or even necessary?
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In "Self-Reliance," how does society affect what people value?
In "Self-Reliance," how does society affect what people value?
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Emerson believes that society affects what people value because it...
Emerson believes that society affects what people value because it removes the individual's uniqueness by encouraging conformity. In "Self-Reliance," Emerson argues that society wants people to conform. Emerson believes this social pressure must be challenged because it affects what we value. In our desire to conform, or to be like everyone else, Emerson believes that we end up valuing what everyone else values. In emphasizing a socially...
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"Whoso would be a man must also be a nonconformist." Emerson's...
"Whoso would be a man must also be a nonconformist." Emerson's nonconformity takes the shape of when he looks at the giving of charity even though it does not fix the inequality that created the inequality in the first place. He calls the dollars he gives "wicked," though he has, in times of weakness, given these dollars anyway. I would like to add that while charity does not fix the situation that created the need in the first place, it...
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You are probably referring to the following recommendation, which is...
You are probably referring to the following recommendation, which is widely quoted online and attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson: This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you...
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Here are 10 such aphorisms from the text of “Self-Reliance,” to...
Here are 10 such aphorisms from the text of “Self-Reliance,” to choose from. Each one reflects the theme of the power and importance of being a unique individual. These selections are listed in the order in which they appear in the essay. To believe your own thought, to believe hat what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, -- that is genius. Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Whoso would be a...
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How does Emerson feel about envy and imitation?
How does Emerson feel about envy and imitation?
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Emerson thinks personal isolation can be good from time to time. See...
Emerson thinks personal isolation can be good from time to time. See what he says in paragraph 29: I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching. How far off, how cool, how chaste the persons look, begirt each one with a precinct or sanctuary! So let us always sit. . . But your isolation must not be mechanical, but spiritual, that is, must be elevation. At times the whole world seems to be in conspiracy to...
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The full text of “Self-Reliance” does not contain the word...
The full text of “Self-Reliance” does not contain the word “sacred” in the opening paragraphs. Perhaps you are reading an abridged version. The word does appear twice in the 7th paragraph, as follows: Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. … Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. … No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this;...
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While Emerson does claim that "Nothing is at last sacred but the...
While Emerson does claim that "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind," he doesn't make this claim until the sixth paragraph of "Self-reliance." In the fourth paragraph, Emerson focuses on other, related concerns and uses them to build toward the idea. Here Emerson focuses his attention on children, and the ways in which they more accurately represent more conscious human beings. As THE Transcendentalist, Emerson...
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Absolutely, Emerson values original thought much more highly than...
Absolutely, Emerson values original thought much more highly than traditional wisdom. In this essay, he says, without qualification, "Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist [....]. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind." Thus, in order to be "a man," one must actively resist conformity to traditional wisdom, especially when one's conscience or intelligence urges it. One must, as the title of the essay implies,...
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Is self-reliance the same as self-trust?
Is self-reliance the same as self-trust?
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For Ralph Waldo Emerson, conformity was not a desirable characteristic....
For Ralph Waldo Emerson, conformity was not a desirable characteristic. Do you think there are times when conformity is desirable or even necessary?
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According to "Self-Reliance," what is Emerson's opinion on prayer?
According to "Self-Reliance," what is Emerson's opinion on prayer?
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Emerson addresses this tenet in paragraphs 36-37-38, as the first of his...
Emerson addresses this tenet in paragraphs 36-37-38, as the first of his challenges to the numbered “offices and relations of men.” He rails against traditional uses of prayer. Individuals should ultimately realize and trust their own judgments and abilities. They should not look outside themselves to ask assistance from “some foreign addition to come through some foreign virtue,” he says. In other words, don’t ask for help for...
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Emerson essentially believes that traveling is overrated. He supports...
Emerson essentially believes that traveling is overrated. He supports this perspective through an initial focus on "the idea" of places like Italy, England, and Egypt, and the fascination of "educated Americans" with them. He argues that those places only took on the grand, majestic ideas that they represent because "they who made England, Italy, or Greece venerable in the imagination did so by sticking fast where they were, like an axis of...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were Transcendentalists,...
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were Transcendentalists, which already made them nonconformists in the eyes of many New Englanders in the 1840s-1850s. A nonconformist is someone who does not act in line or go along with the generally accepted beliefs of mainstream society. In his essay “Self-Reliance,” former minister Emerson comes right out and proclaims, “Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist” (paragraph 7). He...
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According to "Self-Reliance," what is Emerson's opinion on prayer?
According to "Self-Reliance," what is Emerson's opinion on prayer?
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In "Self-Reliance," how does society affect what people value?
In "Self-Reliance," how does society affect what people value?
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