chapter "Commodity"

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The chapter "Commodity" is a section of Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay "Nature" that explores how the natural world serves human needs and practical purposes.

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instanceOf chapter
section of essay
author Ralph Waldo Emerson
contrastsWith more spiritual views of nature in other chapters of Nature (essay)
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
explores how nature serves human purposes
instrumental value of nature
material benefits derived from nature
focusesOn economic and material aspects of nature
practical advantages of the natural environment
genre philosophical essay chapter
hasForm prose
hasPerspective nature as a resource for human life
nature as serving human comfort and survival
influencedBy early 19th-century American society
intendedAudience general reading public
language English
literaryMovement Transcendentalism
surface form: American Transcendentalism
mainTopic practical uses of the natural world
relationship between nature and human needs
utility of nature
originalMedium print
originalPublicationPlace Boston
partOf Nature (Emerson essay)
surface form: Nature (essay)
philosophicalTradition Transcendentalism
positionInWork early chapter of Nature (essay)
publicationYear 1836
publisherOfContainingWork James Munroe and Company
relatedConcept human-nature relationship
instrumental value
materialism
utility
relatedWork Nature
surface form: Nature (essay)
workIncludedIn first book-length essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Nature hasPart chapter "Commodity"
subject surface form: Nature (essay)