This plainly reveals Emerson's maxim and it's meaning of individuality and self-intuition prominent in the core beliefs of Transcendentalism. Ellen, to Henry, needs to be a free and independent thinker who does not need the opinion of others. This parallels the work of Walt Whitman and his poem, "The Learn'd Astronomer." Whitman was another poet influence by Emerson's teaching and writes in the poem about a man who walks away from a lecture given to him by an astronomer. The man leaves the lecture room disgusted by what he is being told, instead searching for explanations outside in the night sky. Both works deals with the maxim and contain the universal truth of the individual and their decisions having greater value than anything else. In addition, the maxim can be viewed in great historical figures such as the founding fathers; men who literally built a nation based on individualism and ingenuity. In today's world this maxim is threatened by society which limits our decisions and attempts to make choices for
This plainly reveals Emerson's maxim and it's meaning of individuality and self-intuition prominent in the core beliefs of Transcendentalism. Ellen, to Henry, needs to be a free and independent thinker who does not need the opinion of others. This parallels the work of Walt Whitman and his poem, "The Learn'd Astronomer." Whitman was another poet influence by Emerson's teaching and writes in the poem about a man who walks away from a lecture given to him by an astronomer. The man leaves the lecture room disgusted by what he is being told, instead searching for explanations outside in the night sky. Both works deals with the maxim and contain the universal truth of the individual and their decisions having greater value than anything else. In addition, the maxim can be viewed in great historical figures such as the founding fathers; men who literally built a nation based on individualism and ingenuity. In today's world this maxim is threatened by society which limits our decisions and attempts to make choices for