Nature is a Ralph Waldo Emerson essay written aliness to the atmosphere by saying that it "judges like a god all men that come to her."
Nature is written in such away that it appeals to the audience. Emerson does this by constantly referring back to the human world which the rbout his ties to nature and his experience of the holiness of the atmosphere. With this work we can interpret a transcendentalist view of the outside world and their attempts to create a connection between them and it. This piece takes us through the stripping of all human egoism by someone to be a part of nature and create an understanding between them. It is written by Emerson who never did have this transcendental experience, but he is writing whure and wat he thinks the experience will be like.
He begins with a short poem which talks of the mystery of earth, and the earth as a spirit. He then talks of the tranquillity of nathy man chooses to come to nature and escape humanity. Emerson says that nature makes us realize that we are small and our world is nothing compared to the wild. "Here is sanctity which shames our religions, and reality which discredits our heroes." He connects a certain hoeader is most familiar with. He talks of the evils of civilization though and our infatuation with ourselves. In the essay he always relates everything back to nature. An example is how he talks of the building of a house. He says that nature makes the mason who makes the house. He explains the advancements of man as simply a way to desire more. "Our music, our poetry, our language itself are not satisfactions, but suggestions. The hunger for wealth..."
He ends with a recount of the whole essay, restating how man desires something, but tries to fulfill it by inventing new things, which instead of fulfilling desires, they create new ones. And instead of making a connection, we further ourselves away from nature, and our roots. Emerson says that the connection with nature and people will always be there, but one has to find it himself, and not rely on the creations of others (the human world) to strengthen their connection to the oversoul.
WORKS CITED 1. Emerson, Ralph. The Works Of Ralph Waldo Emerson. New York: Bigelow, Brown and Co., Inc. Zach Smith