Is Sublimation a Part of Being at Work?

In this section it seems to me that emerson is pointing to an activity that allows of transformation, not just a kind of teleological fruition. There are other areas in these essays, which have also made me think of the symposium, because he's talking about self reliance and not lying on the on the love of others. So, yes, i think there's, it's a very interest ing insight, this idea around work as a sort of solution, rather than, say, being loved or something like that.