Literature · Non-Fiction & the Essay
A topic within Non-Fiction & the Essay, itself one of 9 topics in that field and part of Literature.
2 works
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Argues that imitation is suicide and that a person's only real duty is trust in their own thought against the pressure of society, tradition and even their own past consistency.
about 5 hours to readlink checked 17 Sept 2026G. K. Chesterton
Recounts arriving at orthodox Christian belief as if discovering it for the first time, arguing paradox rather than strict logic is what actually holds sane thought together against both rationalist despair and unchecked mysticism.
link checked 17 Sept 2026