Self-Reliance

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Self-Reliance is an influential essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that champions individualism, nonconformity, and inner spiritual authority, and is considered a central text of American Transcendentalism.

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instanceOf essay ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
addressesTopic education ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
personal identity ⓘ
religion ⓘ
society ⓘ
advocates rejection of blind conformity to custom ⓘ
reliance on inner moral law ⓘ
trust in one’s own intuition ⓘ
associatedWith Concord, Massachusetts ⓘ
New England Transcendentalists ⓘ
linked to: Transcendentalism
author Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ
centralTheme individualism ⓘ
inner spiritual authority ⓘ
intellectual independence ⓘ
moral independence ⓘ
nonconformity ⓘ
rejection of social conformity ⓘ
self-trust ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticizes consistency for its own sake ⓘ
imitation ⓘ
social conformity ⓘ
famousLine "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." ⓘ
"Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string." ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Essays: First Series ⓘ
genre nonfiction ⓘ
philosophical essay ⓘ
historicalSignificance central text of American Transcendentalism ⓘ
landmark of 19th-century American literature ⓘ
includedIn Emerson’s collected essays ⓘ
influenced American individualist thought ⓘ
American literature ⓘ
American philosophy ⓘ
self-help literature ⓘ
influencedBy Christian thought ⓘ
Eastern religious ideas ⓘ
German Idealism ⓘ
linked to: German idealism

Romanticism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movement American Transcendentalism ⓘ
linked to: Transcendentalism
philosophicalConcept nonconformist genius ⓘ
over-soul ⓘ
self-reliant individual ⓘ
philosophicalCurrent Transcendentalism ⓘ
publicationYear 1841 ⓘ
taughtIn American literature courses ⓘ
philosophy and intellectual history courses ⓘ

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