55 Ratings
3.82
Language
English
Category
Religion & Spirituality
Length
1T 1min

Self-Reliance

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson Narrator: Peter Johnson Audiobook

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.

© 1999 Recorded Books, Inc. (Audiobook) ISBN: 9781449801939

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