Self-Reliance Group
What would Emerson think of 21st century American capitalism?
Created by marsluvr on Jul 31, 2009 in the Self-Reliance Group.
In "Self-Reliance", Emerson believes that it is vital for all people to be noncomformists.
Created by cathrynnicolai on Jan 15, 2009 in the Self-Reliance Group.
- Meaning of "clapped into jail by his consciousness" in "Self-Reliance"
Created by alzahra on Mar 16, 2008 in the Self-Reliance Group.
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I think the previous two posts were very strong and absolutely dead on with their analysis. I...
Posted by akannan on Aug 7, 2009 in the Self-Reliance Group.
He would definitely deplore globalization and the trend of delocalization, against which the...
Posted by parkerlee on Aug 1, 2009 in the Self-Reliance Group.- With the government take-over of General Motors and a president of the company appointed by the...
Posted by mwestwood on Jul 31, 2009 in the Self-Reliance Group. 
In reply to #1: This is not in context and thus is an absurdity. When RWE wrote "Whoso would be...
Posted by leyts on Feb 14, 2009 in the Self-Reliance Group.
I think this is a complicated issue. I always try to relate Emerson's Self-Reliance to another...
Posted by timbrady on Feb 7, 2009 in the Self-Reliance Group.
It is vital to be non-conformist, it is impossible to attain happiness and content in any other...
Posted by vandamien on Feb 7, 2009 in the Self-Reliance Group.
Emerson states that "whoso would be a man must be a non-conformist". In his essay on...
Posted by mrs-campbell on Jan 15, 2009 in the Self-Reliance Group.
Emerson's idea that "Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist" is a nice Romantic idea but...
Posted by ms-mcgregor on Jan 15, 2009 in the Self-Reliance Group.- In "Self-Reliance" Emerson notes that a baby can control an entire room with its...
Posted by timbrady on Jul 31, 2008 in the Self-Reliance Group. - As a person living in a semi-rural county (foothills of Sierra Nevada Mountains in Northern...
Posted by leagye on Mar 30, 2008 in the Self-Reliance Group. 
I'm an anti-cell phone person myself. Can you believe that I don't have one? It amazes me that...
Posted by linda-allen on Mar 25, 2008 in the Self-Reliance Group.
I agree with Amy, it's far easier to have technology in this world than not to have it. When you...
Posted by clane on Mar 25, 2008 in the Self-Reliance Group.
This is so appropriate for me since I recently moved from Florida to Kentucky and just last month...
Posted by amy-lepore on Mar 25, 2008 in the Self-Reliance Group.
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