When Emerson states, “It by no means follows that we are not fit for society, because soirees are tedious,” in Society and Solitude, how does he support his statement? He gives various reasons why parties are far less exciting and wholly unlike communities.
He tries to show that people behave differently at parties than they might elsewhere, and so parties are not a measure of human worth.
He suggests that a person has one conception of one’s self when in a group and another when with just one other person.
He indicates that no individual is perfect and that parties are not a reason for people to gather together.