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Self Reliance by Emerson, Ralph Waldo is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Self Reliance about?
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.**
Who reads Self Reliance?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo
- Publisher
- Self Reliance Press
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781619490949
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.04 / 5 (46 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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