Emerson's Nature and Selected Essays
Harmony with nature and a reliance on individual integrity
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Ryan Holiday
@ryanholiday · Author, Ego is the Enemy
While Montaigne’s essays are good for making us think, Emerson’s essays make us act. They remind us that we are ultimately responsible for our own life, for making ethical choices and for fulfilling our potential. I prefer Emerson to the more indolent Thoreau and because unlike most classic writers, he embodies that uniquely American drive and ambition (but … See more
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