Self-Reliance (Condensed Classics)
The Unparalleled Vision of Personal Power from America's Greatest Transcendental Philosopher
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The Extraordinary Manifesto of Independent Living Is Newly Abridged and Introduced in this Powerful CondensationSelf-Reliance is a life-changing experience. Its message of nonconformity, self-expression, and personal independence can awaken you to a new and better way of living. Now, PEN Award-winning historian and New Thought scholar Mitch Horowitz has deftly and faithfully retained the most powerful ideas of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s original classic, and reintroduced the work in this one-of-a-kind condensation. Readable within the space of an average commute or lunch hour, the experience of Self-Reliance may represent a true turning point in your life.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Born in 1803, RALPH WALDO EMERSON became one of the founders of the transcendentalist movement and one of America’s most beloved thinkers. His 1836 essay, “Nature” became a key exploration of the ideas of transcendentalism that would inform the work of contemporaries like Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau, and Margaret Fuller. Throughout his life, Emerson wrote essays and poems and delivered numerous lectures developing his ideas and critiquing the mores of his time.
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Mitch Horowitz
Mitch Horowitz is a PEN Award-winning historian whose books include Occult America, One Simple Idea, The Miracle Club, Daydream Believer, and Uncertain Places. His work has been translated into Italian, Korean, Chinese, Spanish, French, and Portuguese. He is censored in China. Visit him @MitchHorowitz on Twitter, @MitchHorowitz23 on Instagram, and at MitchHorowitz.com.
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