![]() I am not very good with figurative language, but this piece spoke to me. I noticed the whole speech is an in-depth example of introspection. Nietzsche explains that we do not know ourselves and have become distant. We try to keep score of our experiences but we lose count as we go on. Therefore we lost parts of ourself. Nietzsche says, "So we remain necessarily strangers to ourselves, we do not understand ourselves, we have to keep ourselves confused." We lose ourselves when we are concerned with other things in life, therefore we are not knowledgeable.
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![]() In Emerson's piece, Self Reliance, the premise of the piece is that our thoughts should be derived from our own originality. But if you look up the definition of self reliance, it says reliance on one's own powers and resources rather than those of others. This definition can be used in any sense such as physical, mental, and emotional. The way Emerson speaks to his audience, he is describing human mentality. He shows us a capability of the mind to produce original thoughts stemmed from out own originality. This brings to light the importance of individualism and our impact on society, |
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