Download or read book Self-Reliance, Nature, and Other Essays (100 Copy Collector's Edition) written by Ralph Waldo Emerson and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Self-Reliance is an 1841 essay written by American transcendentalist philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. It describes the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his own instincts and ideas. Also included are the essays The Over Soul, Circles, The Poet, Experience, Nature, and Friendship.