Particularize Books Toward Nature
Original Title: | Nature |
ISBN: | 0807015563 (ISBN13: 9780807015568) |
Edition Language: | English |
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hardcover | Pages: 160 pages Rating: 3.82 | 3605 Users | 226 Reviews
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Title | : | Nature |
Author | : | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 160 pages |
Published | : | December 1st 1985 by Beacon Press (MA) (first published 1836) |
Categories | : | Philosophy. Nonfiction. Classics. Environment. Nature. Writing. Essays |
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i would like to meet one (1) person who understands any of this.there’s some good one liners that i agree with, but most of this book just sounded like a crackhead conspiracy theorist standing on a street corner and yelling WE ARE ALL A TRANSLUCENT EYE THAT CONNECTS US TO THE SPIRIT OF THE UNIVERSE like wut......
far too philosophical and spiritual for me. i much prefer works about the sublime.
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Penguin Great Ideas: 5/100, Series 3: 1/10 But if a man be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and vulgar things. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime. Seen in the streets of cities, how great they are! If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for manyNature (1836) is an exceptionally challenging essay, which after careful study, I still dont entirely understand. It can be vague and contradictory at times, but to dwell on these aspects of the essay would be ungenerous, considering how rich it otherwise is. Ultimately, what Emerson is trying to sketch out is mans relationship to Natureboth the impoverished relationship that most people have to it and the ideal relationship that we ought to strive towardthe one that only the greatest men and
My favorite quotes: "These enchantments are medicinal, they sober and heal us." "Cities give not the human senses room enough.""Nature is loved by what is best in us."
Emerson was an ADD/ADHD nightmare in his writing style. I found myself having to reread sentences/paragraphs a lot. This was read directly after reading Thoreaus Walden so perhaps I am not being fair to him. Thoreaus direct and clear writing contrasted Emersons and I felt I needed Emerson to define his capitalized words like Mind, Nature etc to make sure we were on the same page so to speak. Emersons style reminded me a lot of Mary Baker Eddy. There were some interesting ideas but I had to read
Loved it when I first started reading it over 12 months ago and just haven't picked it up since, until today, and I realised why. Some great ideas and arguments conveyed in this book but many are quite fundamental and reading this, is to just revisit them. Really in modern society this and other similar texts are merely used by those wishing to be an intellectual and while this can stand as the foundation for that it is generally just quoted by those trying to sound intelligent. I now realise
Dense. Compact. Thoughtful. Insightful.So why only 3 Stars. Lack of Clarity. Emerson did highlight his focus: Let us inquire to what end is nature. Yet I passed that focus twice. I had read past half-way point when I realized, after reading an rereading, that Emerson was simply describing various aspects of Nature and some of those aspects would be somewhat repeated. I read this Emerson selection with a group. I move on to another selection: "Ode, Inscribed to W. H. Channing"
Emerson's essay Nature pretty much defeated me. I read Self-Reliance years ago and was incredibly impressed and inspired, but although I think Nature was included in the little volume I still have up in Arizona, I don't remember reading it at the time. So when I had the opportunity to include this in a challenge, I was looking forward to reading what Emerson had to say.But although at times I thought I was just about to grasp his ideas so that I could say "Eureka, I see what you are saying!" it
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