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Nature is a work by Ralph Waldo Emerson now brought to you in this new edition of the timeless classic.

Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson is an inspiring and thought-provoking classic about the importance of nature and its spiritual power. In it, Emerson examines the relationship between nature and the individual, and how the beauty of the natural world can bring us closer to our true... Read Full Overview

Originally published anonymously, Nature was the first modern essay to recommend the appreciation of the outdoors as an all-encompassing positive force. Emerson's writings were recognized as uniquely American in style and content, and launched the idea of going for... Read Full Overview

Originally published in 1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay Nature had a profound impact on American literature and philosophy. Prior to this work, the arts of the Western world had been built upon centuries of cultural history, and American culture was little more than a redundant... Read Full Overview

Through his writing and his own personal philosophy, the famed philosopher unburdened his young country of Europe's traditional sense of history and showed Americans how to be creators of their own circumstances. His mandate, which called for harmony with, rather than domestication... Read Full Overview

Nature is an inspiring nature essay and philosophy classic by Ralph Waldo Emerson. "Emerson defines nature as an all-encompassing divine entity inherently known to us in our unfettered innocence, rather than as merely a component of a world ruled by a divine, separate being learned... Read Full Overview

Ralph Waldo Emerson's first book, Nature (1836), is perhaps the greatest original work of philosophy written by an American. This special paperback includes full-color photo-illustrations and a foreword on the origin and significance the book, making it the best available edition... Read Full Overview

Our age is retrospective. It builds the sepulchres of the fathers. It writes biographies, histories, and criticism. The foregoing generations beheld God and nature face to face; we, through their eyes. Why should not we also enjoy an original relation to the universe? Why should... Read Full Overview

Ralph Waldo Emerson's Nature is perhaps the greatest original work of philosophy written by an American. This edition includes over 20 photographs and a foreword on the origin and significance the book. Published by American Renaissance Books; see our other books at AmericanRenaissanceBooks.com... Read Full Overview

"The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship" Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature

Ralph Waldo Emerson's NATURE is perhaps the greatest original work of philosophy written by an American. This special edition of NATURE includes over 20 stunning full color photographs and a foreword on the origin and significance the book. These features--and more--make this... Read Full Overview

"To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same field, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again." -Ralph Waldo Emerson; Nature

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"Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson put forth the foundation of transcendentalism, a belief system that promotes a non-traditional appreciation of nature. This is a beautiful philosophical work that has been loved and appretiated by many for generations.Any profits generated from... Read Full Overview

In 1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet published Nature that set forth the foundation transcendentalism, a belief system that espouses a non-traditional appreciation of nature. We formatted the book for an easy reading experience if you... Read Full Overview

The classic series of essays including Nature, Commodity, Beauty, Language, Discipline, Idealism, Spirit, and Prospects.

Nature, by Ralph Waldo Emerson, is a superb nature essay and a philosophical interpretation of nature and how it influences man physically and spiritually. Emerson's writing is redolent with the wonder of the true romantic, but never sinks to the level of maudlin fluff.In... Read Full Overview

In "Nature", Emerson lays out and attempts to solve an abstract problem: that humans do not fully accept nature's beauty. He writes that people are distracted by the demands of the world, whereas nature gives but humans fail to reciprocate. The essay consists of eight sections:... Read Full Overview

Nature is an essay written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published by James Munroe and Company in 1836. In the essay Emerson put forth the foundation of transcendentalism, a belief system that espouses a non-traditional appreciation of nature. Transcendentalism suggests that the divine,... Read Full Overview