Self-Reliance is an 1841 essay written by American transcendentalist philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The Transcendentalist movement flourished.
Emerson helped start the beginning of the Transcendentalist movement in America.
Also included are the Essays The Over Soul, Circles, The Poet, Experience, Nature , and Friendship .
It describes the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his own instincts and ideas.
Self-Reliance is an 1841 essay written by American transcendentalist philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson