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"Man is his own star."- Ralph Waldo Emerson Probably no writer has so profoundly influenced American philosophy and literature, as did Emerson. Known as The Father of Transcendentalism, he was the focal point of a small group of intellectuals reacting against the orthodoxy of the established religions of his era. As an active lecturer in the early 1830s, he delivered a number of landmark lectures, most notably among them - Compensation and Self-Reliance, in which Emerson fervently declares man's inherent divinity. By positing that the way to realization lay solely within, man can be fulfilled only through one's own "self-induced and self-devised efforts." Marked by a deep compassion and insight, Compensation and Self-Reliance rings like a clarion-call - one Emerson intoned steadily throughout his life. Though his last years were marked by a decline in his mental powers, his reputation as one of the outstanding figures of American letters was all but assured by the time of his death. RALPH WALDO EMERSON, 1803-82, was an American poet and essayist. Universally known as the "Sage of Concord," Emerson established himself as a leading spokesman of transcendentalism and as a major figure in American literature. His additional works include a series of lectures published as Representative Men (1850), The Conduct of Life (1860), and Society and Solitude (1870).
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Kenny Loggins
reviewed Compensation and Self-Reliance on June 24, 2009 Compensation and Self-Reliance
This is a speech given by Emerson in 1837 and basically outlines what a true "American" scholar should be. The basic idea is that rather than becaming an intellectual, pedantic, bookworm, the American scholar should be one who goes to nature and books for inspiration and then creates--so rather than living by the light of others or becoming a "parrot of other man's thinking" the true scholar delves into his own soul to discover truth and upon discovering it has a duty to act and share what he discover with the world. This has completely changed the way I think about learning and improving myself. Rather than just adding knowledge, I should read to be inspired and then spending more time in creative thought, writing, and other activities that strengthen my soul and character. In the end, it made me ashamed for every calling myself a bookworm!
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A few favorite quotes:
Each age, it is found, must write its own books...the books of an older period will not fit this.
Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. They are for nothing but to inspire.
Man Thinking must not be subdued by his instruments. Books are for the scholar's idle times. When he can read God directly, the hour is too precious to be wasted in other men's transcripts of their readings.
Character is higher than intellect.
...in going down into the secrets of his own mind, he has descended into the secrets of all minds.
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