Self-Reliance

Self-Reliance (1841) challenges societal conventions and stresses the importance of individual thought, independence, and self-expression. It serves as Emerson’s passionate advocacy for intellectual freedom and nonconformity.

• Independent thinkers
• Lovers of philosophical texts
• Students of American literature

Ralph Waldo Emerson, known as the father of Transcendentalism, was a renowned American philosopher, lecturer, and poet during the 19th century. His ideas have profoundly influenced the philosophy of individualism and free thought.