those few we often call poets and prophets (but never politicians!) and we cherish the insights into our own truths that we glimpse through them.
all we can really know is within us, but we must assume that other people have the same potential as we do-and assume that they do, in fact, exist (although you really can't prove it!) presumably, trusting oneself means much more than that it means trusting that somehow or other we have an innate wisdom which is a projection of the god within, and that every person has that wisdom, although few have much access to it. However, this is not necessarily self-centered, because the truth which lies within is universal, shared and recognized by all (if they only knew it) and generated by self (god, over-soul, whatever).
it is this concept of what some critics call the "imperial self" which lies at the heart of romanticism, both positively and negatively. now, there's no particular empirical evidence for this emerson is making a great intuitive leap of faith, and you either believe (because you've experienced it to some degree) or you don't. to express it for us, but it is somehow within us. we are often not "in touch" with ourselves or trust ourselves enough to find these truths and so must often depend on others, books, etc. we recognize truth outside ourselves, in nature or in others, and the key word here is "recognize," even if only very dimly. his basic philosophical faith (one shared by many americans) is that the ultimate source of truth is within ourselves. Emerson said, toward the end of his writing career, "i have taught one doctrine, namely, the infinitude of the private man." that's why we begin our study of american transcendentalism with this essay.
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