In Ralph Waldo Emerson’s short Essay Nature, Emerson starts off the first chapter by saying that one must occasionally find solitude away from others. This could very well show that one must sometimes seek time with oneself if they want to find a true intimate moment with God and nature. This could result in one having a spiritual awakening since they are seeking solitude within nature. To be “look at he stars” one is then, looking throughout the nature that has been displayed for one to invest in, to see the beauty unfold and simply become intoxicated with nature. With that coming to mind we are then able to perceive what is around us and therefore able to integrate everything around us into our minds. The reader is able to see the idea of
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Emerson goes on the talk about the stars. The stars, although they can be seen are “inaccessible” meaning, that we cannot obtain them though they are shown throughout the whole world. This could be a form of aphorism, because stars are constant in nature, but there is not a way humans can interact with them physically. Additionally, one must use common knowledge when it comes to nature, “they had delighted the simplicity of his childhood” has a nostalgic feel as he is making a connection between the stars and the land. This appears to be a theme in where Emerson is making an association with everything in the universe. Just like the stars are easily gazed by being present but inaccessible, so too is the landscape. All of nature is to be taken into one aspect although there are different entities of it, using differently owned farms as a reference. Emerson then moves on talking …show more content…
This shows that he is not alone in this process of delight and that others have an affection for nature, not to the same degree as he but it is still present nonetheless. The waves are new yet old to him as he has experience with the but they can yet surprise him. He gives nature human characteristics yet again as he compares the waves to emotions that occasionally overwhelm him when he thinks he is justified within an action. Emerson proceeds with then talking about how nature cannot be tricked. Here Emerson is describing how humans view nature through the lens of their emotions, in short saying, people perceive things in different
Emerson goes on the talk about the stars. The stars, although they can be seen are “inaccessible” meaning, that we cannot obtain them though they are shown throughout the whole world. This could be a form of aphorism, because stars are constant in nature, but there is not a way humans can interact with them physically. Additionally, one must use common knowledge when it comes to nature, “they had delighted the simplicity of his childhood” has a nostalgic feel as he is making a connection between the stars and the land. This appears to be a theme in where Emerson is making an association with everything in the universe. Just like the stars are easily gazed by being present but inaccessible, so too is the landscape. All of nature is to be taken into one aspect although there are different entities of it, using differently owned farms as a reference. Emerson then moves on talking …show more content…
This shows that he is not alone in this process of delight and that others have an affection for nature, not to the same degree as he but it is still present nonetheless. The waves are new yet old to him as he has experience with the but they can yet surprise him. He gives nature human characteristics yet again as he compares the waves to emotions that occasionally overwhelm him when he thinks he is justified within an action. Emerson proceeds with then talking about how nature cannot be tricked. Here Emerson is describing how humans view nature through the lens of their emotions, in short saying, people perceive things in different