Emerson's Views On Good Ideas

3. Emerson conveys the message to trust yourself and your instincts. He explains that men should not flee before a hardship or an obstacle, such as a “revolution”, but that people are “guides” and “redeemers”. People should follow trust their gut and not stray from God’s path, but also carve their own path based on their own individual and innovative decisions.
6. Emerson compares society to a joint stock company. When one conforms to society and decides the join the majority group, they lose all power and independence. In addition, Emerson preaches the idea that society is a conspiracy against every one of its members. People are powerful when independent but joining the masses leaves one voiceless. It is impossible to stay unbiased and innovative with your own decisions when you are being influenced by so many outside factors, such as all of the voices of society.
7. In this section, Emerson conveys the idea that people need to reconsider what is inherently good and bad. Each person should create individual boundaries, where good things are “after my constitution” and bad things prevent it. Emerson speaks against the conventional teachings of being a good person and says that if a concept or idea further portrays your individuality and self-reliance, then it is automatically a good idea.
8. Emerson tells the reader
Emerson speaks about how one thing can be looked at many different ways. This concept is definitely prevalent in day to day life at Nobles. Time after time, Nobles students debate conclusions from the same question or topic. The saying, “Smart people come to different conclusions” is the main message of Emerson’s idea in the paragraph. Two people can look at Emerson’s writing and come away with two opposite conclusions, but they can both be correct in different ways. Emerson believes that there is never one, clear cut answer to a question. There are many correct responses as long as they rely on the ideas and beliefs of the individual, not