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Ep 43 - Self-Reliance (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

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You Are This, I Am This, Ah, Therefore, We Are Either Friends or Enemies

"Identity politics is so ferocious and so embittered and not useful," he says. "Those who think through these positions with newance, deeply, with a sincere sense of self trust can't find themselves in a particular box." He adds that the idea that great men are misunderstood does not mean they're 'great' The essay will be expanded on by ime into an exegetical analysis here to day.

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