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A 3 page paper which examines Ralph Waldo Emerson’s idealistic approach to the natural world in his essay “Nature.” No additional sources.
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unique look at nature as he idealistically sees it as an incredibly powerful entity from which we can learn, become nourished, and perhaps ultimately save ourselves. The following paper examines
Emersons idealistic approach to the natural world in this particular essay. Emersons Nature Many people, including many poets, appear to have something of the same relationship with nature
as Emerson. Emerson, and many others, have seen nature as something which speaks on its own, which is an entity aside from mankind, and a reality or space that offers
an understanding of peace and perhaps even enlightenment. This is noted near the beginning of his essay when he states, "Crossing a bare common, in snow puddles, at twilight, under
a clouded sky, without having in my thoughts any occurrence of special good fortune, I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear" (Emerson).
He speaks of how nature makes him feel how it allows a man to cast "off his years" and become a child (Emerson).
Emerson indicates that, "In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, -- no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me
my eyes,) which nature cannot repair" (Emerson). In this he clearly envisions nature as an entity that can fix all mans problems, an entity that can strip the human
pain and struggling and leave the individual with a deeply spiritual understanding where even egoism disappears because in nature a person something reflective of their own nature.
In these excerpts thus far it seems that Emerson is clearly giving nature the power to change almost anything negative about mankind. He is optimistically
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