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Self-Reliance: Philosophies Of Transcendentalism And Individualism
Ralph Waldo Emersons essay Self-reliance, is an American romantic because it explores the philosophies of transcendentalism, and individualism. Transcendentalism is the belief that there is a higher reality, or truth that man can grasp through his intuition, not logic or science. The celebration of individualism, was to look to yourself ....
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.... truth and happiness. We should have self-trust, that when we get an idea, we should listen to ourselves, yet we dismiss our thoughts to often, A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashed across his mind from without notice his thought, because it is his. (Emerson 222) We often do not trust ourselves enough to find truth, so we choose to depend on others. All we know is within us, but we assume that others think the same as we do. S ....
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