Part one of term paper
Self reliance in Emmersons view is to look upon the world and yourself, seeing the resources available to you and working with them in a fashion which makes you feel you are productive. Deeper than that it's a understanding of what your personal role is in the universe, and acceptance of that justifying it only to ones self. I don't believ ...

Part two of term paper
... them self as the center of the universe and not take into account the events, people, ideas around them. Self centered Ness is the same evil as selfishness in my humble opinion. There really isn't a difference in how a person who acts selfish, and who is self centered functions. Both function as a deter ant to grokking the environment you live in. People who are selfish often look at them self as a ship moving around in an ocean of expendable resources. I think that someone who is self reliant k ...