LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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give examples of successful nonconformists
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to show that most geniuses are nonconformists
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to pay when one is offered fame
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to give examples of conformists
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Detailed explanation-1: -He dares not say ‘I think, ’ ‘I am, ’ but quotes some saint or sage.” So, you don’t rely on your own existence, you rely upon what somebody else has told you.
Detailed explanation-2: -“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
Detailed explanation-3: -In his essay, “Self Reliance, ” Emerson’s sole purpose is the want for people to avoid conformity. Emerson believed that in order for a man to truly be a man, he was to follow his own conscience and “do his own thing.” Essentially, do what you believe is right instead of blindly following society.
Detailed explanation-4: -” Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.”-This is the absolute goal of human existence, to find this integrity. It is a life long journey that can only be discovered through truthfully searching with in one’s self.