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How Emerson Can Help You Become a Stoic Nonconformist

The Art of Manliness

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Building Your Own World

The transcendentalists were big on this idea of non-conformity. Emerson said to be yourself in a world that's constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. The only purpose of your genius, it's also called the Daemon by the Greeks, is to guide you toward your own fruition.

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