How does Emerson view the relationship between society and individuality?

Society strengthens individuality.

Individuality threatens society.

Society is more important than the individual.

Society is the enemy of individuality.

Society is the enemy of individuality.

Emerson believed that society was a threat to individuality. He believed that every person had an individual spark of god. He believed that each person had a guiding voice that told him or her how to live his life (like a conscience). When people are ruled by a larger society that acts for all, it limits what an individual can do on his own. In effect, society makes it impossible for a man to think on his own, and therefore act on his own.