The aim of this preliminary work is to trace an affinity between Emerson’s and Nietzsche’s philosophies in relation to one of Emerson's recurrent themes, self-reliance, whose several forms will be analyzed: inconsistency, nonconformism and nomadic thought. Despite the lack of a systematic discussion of self-reliance, Nietzsche shows in many passages of his production a clear consonance with the Emersonian instances which encourage this virtue of independence.
