In his essay Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson defends individualism, spontaneity, nature and intuition. Emerson subscribes to the belief that individuals should trust each other and not. However, 19th-century transcendentalist and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson would argue against Hawthorne's beliefs in his essay "Self Reliance." ". Emerson believed that everyone should follow their inner voice and avoid what is considered true to find their inner truth. In the short story “Young Goodman Brown,” Hawthorne. “Self-Reliance” is an essay written by Ralph Waldo Emerson and first published. It is one of the most influential works of American literature and is considered a founding text of Transcendentalism, a philosophical and literary movement that emerged in the 18th century. The Transcendentalist movement is generally recognized as the first major turning point in American literary and intellectual history. Pioneered by Emerson, Thoreau, Orestes Brownson, Margaret. 846. American transcendentalist philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson, in his self-help essay, talks about the conformity of humanity and how we must follow our instincts, our intuitions. Emerson's goal is to convey the idea that although society itself corrupts people's natural goodness and that societies,