“Part of the power of Emerson's individualism is his insistence, at crucial moments, that individualism does not mean isolation or self-sufficiency. This is not a paradox, for it is only the strong individual who can frankly concede the sometimes surprising extent of his own dependence.” ThinkingMeanDoeSelfSometimesMomentsIndividualStrongIsolationParadoxCrucialIndividualismSurprisingDependenceInsistenceSelf SufficiencySufficiencyCrucial MomentsStrong Individuals Author:Robert D. Richardson
“Just as science is more immediate and exciting than the history of science, so is insight more compelling than a history of insight.” ThinkingExcitingInsightCompellingHistory Of Science Author:Robert D. Richardson
“[Emerson] was interested not in the bookworm, not even in the thinker, only in Man Thinking.” ThinkingMenThinkerBookworms Author:Robert D. Richardson
“If death is the end of everything, then living is everything.” IfsThinkingEnds Author:Robert D. Richardson
