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Self-Reliance, going by the name, teaches people to not rely upon society to shape the way they think. Emerson wrote that, didn't he? The common interpretation explains that people should think individually, and rely upon themselves to act, live and create. Trancendentalists are all about finding faults with society, and this essay finds fault with letting society shape you. I read part of the essay for school once, but I can't remember what it was specifically about. Presumably, it urges a person to be an individual. Transcendentalists were proud individuals within their own times.

Transcendentalists were all about finding ways to be above the corruption of society. The only way to get away from that is to be self-reliant. If you rely on yourself as opposed to rely on society, then you can "transcencend" (rise above) it.

Transcendenta List was the brother of Franz List!

but unfortunately he wasnt on schindlers List!

he got killed by the Nazis!