It can be said that in the desire to reach a utopian society, people have considered possibilities that otherwise they may not have. Principles have been applied to society that had never even been dreamed of before. Ralph Waldo Emerson, who believed that “What [he] must do is all that concerns [him], now what the people think” (Emerson 365). By this, Emerson is applying the idea of nonconformity to thought, especially thought that each individual person has. Individual thought has long been a source of ideas for values of society that could possibly create a utopia. Independence of thought, therefore, is by no means a new invention, and people have long been trying to think outside of the box to help everyone live in harmony with everyone
It can be said that in the desire to reach a utopian society, people have considered possibilities that otherwise they may not have. Principles have been applied to society that had never even been dreamed of before. Ralph Waldo Emerson, who believed that “What [he] must do is all that concerns [him], now what the people think” (Emerson 365). By this, Emerson is applying the idea of nonconformity to thought, especially thought that each individual person has. Individual thought has long been a source of ideas for values of society that could possibly create a utopia. Independence of thought, therefore, is by no means a new invention, and people have long been trying to think outside of the box to help everyone live in harmony with everyone