The Beliefs Of Emerson And Kant

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The Beliefs of Emerson and Kant Everybody has a certain drum beat to which their life goes by, and it is up to that person to find that drum beat whether someone is guiding you or not. Emerson and Kant both believe that there are people guiding you and it is possible to break away from these people controlling you. And they both mention the fact that if you break away from being controlled by these people then you have accomplished something that a lot of people haven't done yet. They both have the same opinion but they express it a little differently. Like, Emerson likes to get right to the point.

Emerson says, " They do not seem to me to be such; but if I am the Devil's child, I will live then from the Devil." Which is basically saying that even if he doesn't like the Devil's decision, he will still follow them.

Which makes you look more foolish then the Devil that you followed. Kant also aggress with the fact that you are being guiding or that you have to follow someone by saying, "First, these guardians make their domestic cattle stupid and carefully prevent the docile creatures from taking a single step without the leading strings to which they have fastened them." Kant calls the people that you follow guardians, and the guardians is what made their followers dumb and unintelligent so they can't live life on their own. So both Emerson and Kant believe that some people have control over other humans. It could be a bad type of control too the point were they can't live on their own or it cold be a good thing to be guided so they can live on their own. And if you are connected to these...