Self-Reliance, by Ralph Waldo Emerson, contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson's recurrent themes, the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his or her own instincts and ideas. It is the source of one of Emerson's most famous quotations, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" (often misquoted by omission of the word "foolish").
Monday, September 10, 2012
Self-Reliance
Self-Reliance, by Ralph Waldo Emerson, contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson's recurrent themes, the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his or her own instincts and ideas. It is the source of one of Emerson's most famous quotations, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" (often misquoted by omission of the word "foolish").
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