Nature (Emerson essay)

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Transcendentalist text essay philosophical work

"Nature" is Ralph Waldo Emerson’s foundational 1836 essay that articulates the core principles of Transcendentalism by exploring the spiritual and philosophical relationship between humans and the natural world.

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instanceOf Transcendentalist text ⓘ
essay ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
author Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ
centralConcept correspondence between nature and spirit ⓘ
intuition as a source of knowledge ⓘ
nature as a path to the divine ⓘ
the Over-Soul ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstPublisher James Munroe and Company ⓘ
form prose ⓘ
genre non-fiction ⓘ
philosophical essay ⓘ
influenced American Transcendentalist movement ⓘ
American environmental thought ⓘ
Henry David Thoreau ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length book-length essay ⓘ
movement Transcendentalism ⓘ
notableQuote "In the woods, we return to reason and faith." ⓘ
"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit." ⓘ
"The currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God." ⓘ
period 19th-century American literature ⓘ
philosophicalTradition American philosophy ⓘ
idealism ⓘ
publicationYear 1836 ⓘ
publisherLocation Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston
relatedWork Self-Reliance ⓘ
The American Scholar ⓘ
structure chapter: Beauty ⓘ
chapter: Commodity ⓘ
chapter: Discipline ⓘ
chapter: Idealism ⓘ
chapter: Language ⓘ
chapter: Nature ⓘ
chapter: Prospects ⓘ
chapter: Spirit ⓘ
introduction ⓘ
subject Transcendentalism ⓘ
surface form: American Transcendentalism

human-nature relationship ⓘ
Nature ⓘ
surface form: nature

philosophy of nature ⓘ
spirituality ⓘ
theme individual intuition over institutional religion ⓘ
nature as symbolic language ⓘ
self-reliance grounded in nature ⓘ
unity of God, nature, and the self ⓘ

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