Nature - Softcover

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1500164437 ISBN 13: 9781500164430

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

In “Nature,” Emerson lays out an abstract problem that he attempts to solve throughout the essay: that humans do not fully accept nature’s beauty and all that it has to offer. According to Emerson, people are distracted by the world around them; nature gives to humans, but humans do not reciprocate. Emerson breaks his essay into eight sections—–Nature, Commodity, Beauty, Language, Discipline, Idealism, Spirit and Prospects—–each of which sheds a different perspective on the relationship between humans and nature.

About this title

About the Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American Transcendentalist poet, philosopher and essayist during the 19th century. He led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1500164437
• ISBN 13: 9781500164430
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Gebirgslandschaft August Lucas
• Number of pages: 76
• Editor: Bookshelf The Secret