Summary Of Self Reliance By Kathleen Emerson

This article written by Kathleen, O’Dwyer effectively discusses the ideas of Emerson’s “self-reliance” philosophy. Self-reliance for Emerson was more than the image of a family carving out a life on the frontier. According to Kathleen, Emerson's frontier, the place of real freedom and opportunity, was a mental landscape free from mediocrity and conformity. As a man with strong philosophical ethics, the people of his time saw Emerson as a sage or prophet, with fewer of the faults of human nature than anyone they knew. According to the Author, Emerson had, as anyone, the hopes, the highs, and the setbacks which life seems to consist, however, what made him stand out was a belief that we did not have to have waving emotional lives reacting to