{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63f1fc8fcc3d920011dc83a6/642594840cfcac00113ff8e7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/63f1fc8fcc3d920011dc83a6/1732061962843-c2dad44d-fe0d-460f-a02d-9e82a6a80f27.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In a podcast series that is, so far, all about discussing books and essays, I made an episode where I read an essay live and comment on it as I read. A little experiment. An unrehearsed rereading of an essay that I first read years ago by Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American transcendentalist.&nbsp;The essay is about how all <em>the greats</em> were great because they thought for themselves, they were self-reliant, independent thinkers. It was a great read for me when I first read it in my mid-twenties. Hope you may find it interesting also. Another long episode, but if it seems too long perhaps you could divide it up into 2 one hour sections. This essay is in the public domain and is available to read online for free.</p><p>If you like this episode, or any other episodes, and would like to show support or appreciation, then you could buy me a drink over on Patreon, just search Oralotium there, cheers ✌️🙏 follow on Instagram: Oralotium</p>","author_name":"Tadhg "}