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How Emerson Can Help You Become a Stoic Nonconformist

The Art of Manliness

CHAPTER

The Importance of Journal Writing

Emerson was a big fan of journal writing. Marcus Aurelius' meditations are basically, those are journal entries. We wouldn't have Walden if Thoreau hadn't kept a journal when he was at Walden Pons. So this is really about understanding that we have this tool at our disposal, this tool of self-inquiry.

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