Henry David Thoreau And Emerson Comparison
Two of the most famous Transcendentalists that existed in the 19th century were Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau who inspired me in taking a breath taking journey to discovering something new and different from what I do in my everyday life. I decided to make a robot called S.R.R.J also known as a humanoid. I also decided to make a temple structure from scratch. The common idea that revolved around my project was the idea of Emerson’s self-reliance. Emerson believed that one should “trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string….Great men have always done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through
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It is made with over six hundred Lego pieces, motors, sensors, and seven uniquely sized wires. The robot is a carbon copy of a human and is also known as a humanoid. The reason I chose to make a robot that is similar to human is the idea of self-reliance because like us, it shows a “human” that images to be independent and not rely on others. It most definitely revolves around Emerson’s idea of self-reliance, but also represents Henry David Thoreau’s idea on innovation. Emerson believed on the idea to “insist on yourself, never imitate. Your own gifts you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half possession. ” (C.S Monitor Emerson 8) The robot is not completely imitated, but inspired. It follows Emerson’s idea to insist and think, rather than copy something from somewhere. To build something from scratch, from owns brain, is what innovation is. The robot is inspired, but not imitated, however, it represents our society to imitate rather than think on our own, bring something new. On the other hand, S.R.R.J follows Thoreau’s idea on innovation where “I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours." (Heart of Innovation 1) When building my robot, Thoreau’s idea kept lingering, that success can come in a short time if one innovates and goes beyond the box. Like the ads say “Innovation that excites” Society and the robot represent this
It is made with over six hundred Lego pieces, motors, sensors, and seven uniquely sized wires. The robot is a carbon copy of a human and is also known as a humanoid. The reason I chose to make a robot that is similar to human is the idea of self-reliance because like us, it shows a “human” that images to be independent and not rely on others. It most definitely revolves around Emerson’s idea of self-reliance, but also represents Henry David Thoreau’s idea on innovation. Emerson believed on the idea to “insist on yourself, never imitate. Your own gifts you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half possession. ” (C.S Monitor Emerson 8) The robot is not completely imitated, but inspired. It follows Emerson’s idea to insist and think, rather than copy something from somewhere. To build something from scratch, from owns brain, is what innovation is. The robot is inspired, but not imitated, however, it represents our society to imitate rather than think on our own, bring something new. On the other hand, S.R.R.J follows Thoreau’s idea on innovation where “I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours." (Heart of Innovation 1) When building my robot, Thoreau’s idea kept lingering, that success can come in a short time if one innovates and goes beyond the box. Like the ads say “Innovation that excites” Society and the robot represent this