Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Nature” Emerson’s “Nature” is an essay of a startling philosophy. Emerson opens our minds to a world, in most cases, forgotten. The isolation of humanity from its natural world and the loss of man’s connection to it, creates a widening crevice between man and the unison of man’s individuality with nature. Emerson discovers the divinity, the tranquility, and the oneness flowing through nature and shares it through his essay. …showed first 75 words of 1139 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1139 total…man can become one with something greater than himself. In nature, man finds the spiritual bliss for which he has been searching. He discovers a world of beauty, love, and happiness. The enchanting power of nature draws him in, uniting him with the essence of life. A lover of beauty finds something more precious in the wilderness than in the civilized world of today. He finds the equal of his inner beauty. He finds nature.