Essay Archive - Self-Reliance
Self-Reliance
Self reliance in Emmersons view is to look upon the world and yourself,
seeing the resources available to you and working with them in a fashion
which makes you feel you are productive. Deeper than that it's a
understanding of what your personal role is in the universe, and acceptance
of that justifying it only to ones self.
I don't believe one could be truly self reliant and selfish, because self
reliance means an understanding of the world around you in order to be
independent enough to find confidence with in yourself to exist self
reliantly. I think t....
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