#39- Emerson on Self-Reliance
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Scott is joined by Karl Schudt in this week\\u2019s discussion of Ralph Waldo Emerson\\u2019s essay, \\u201cSelf-Reliance.\\u201d
For Emerson, authentic, unmediated thought has some sort of divine truth in it. This is crucial to our mission at Online Great Books. In seminar discussion, everyone has a unique perspective that we need to hear about. Your thoughts are worth a whole lot!\\xa0
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Despite that freedom Emerson felt, and wrote about, and saw in transcendentalism, we are more conformist than ever as a nation. Even with endless choices in front of us, is true freedom of action waning?
Scott and Karl talk about everything from finding the glory of your own consequences, to the problem of pathological empathy, to internet trolling. Tune in for an unforgettable episode!\\xa0
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