The American Scholar does not still hold true today because society needs to be the perfect man and not just one person.
Specialized jobs and abilities from many benefit society more than one perfect person. The perfect man that Ralph Waldo Emerson talks about cannot do everything at once in today’s society like he could have in Emerson’s society. Our economy thrives on specialized jobs and not all-purpose jobs. We have an auto industry, computer industry, manufacturing, farming, etc. Emerson believes that everyone should be able to do these tasks when it is really unrealistic in our society.
If there was one perfect man on the earth could he do everything? The answer is no because we have billions of people all over the world and he could not travel everywhere to help them. Instead of having one person travel around the world fixing cars and teaching kids, wouldn’t it make more sense to have auto shops and schools everywhere so all kids can learn instead of waiting for one man to help them. If society could be perfect everyone would have the same opportunities and life would become more efficient.
Specialized jobs and abilities from many benefit society more than one perfect person. The perfect man that Ralph Waldo Emerson talks about cannot do everything at once in today’s society like he could have in Emerson’s society. Our economy thrives on specialized jobs and not all-purpose jobs. We have an auto industry, computer industry, manufacturing, farming, etc. Emerson believes that everyone should be able to do these tasks when it is really unrealistic in our society.
If there was one perfect man on the earth could he do everything? The answer is no because we have billions of people all over the world and he could not travel everywhere to help them. Instead of having one person travel around the world fixing cars and teaching kids, wouldn’t it make more sense to have auto shops and schools everywhere so all kids can learn instead of waiting for one man to help them. If society could be perfect everyone would have the same opportunities and life would become more efficient.
You brought up some very good points, such as specialized jobs benefit society more then one perfect person. Good Job!
ReplyDeleteYou are right. Not one person can do everything in a society. It needs many people working together to function properly. Good job.
ReplyDeleteThat was very good. I never thought about it that way. I think you are right.
ReplyDeleteI think you know the whole story very well and have a great under standing.
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