Self-Reliance and Other Essays
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Reprint of Selections from Emersons Essays First Seriesand Second SeriesEssayist poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emersonwas a founder of American Transcendentalism a philosophy emphasizing selfreliance introspection and the importance of nature for the
human being He was a prescient critic of the dehumanizing tendencies of modern society especially the then nascent industrialization and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more thanpublic lectures across the United States The six essays selected from Essays First Seriesand Essays Second Seriesoffer a sampling of his views outlining his moral idealism as well as a hint of the later skepticism that colored his thought In addition to the celebrated title essay SelfReliance the others included here are History Friendship The OverSoul The Poet and Experience