Transcendentalism: The Meaning Of Nature By Ralph Emerson

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Transcendentalism is a way of finding out who are, how to connect to yourself, and finding peace with in yourself. What's necessary,what you desire, and your nature. When you try and find your transcendentalism, is to take your own path to get there. The most common author that writes transcendentalism is Ralph Emerson. The writing he's most famous for is “Nature.” In that writing he mainly focuses on small details and tries to ignore real life.
“In the woods, we return to reason and faith.”(192) What Emerson is implying, is that when you haven't been close to nature for a long time and then go back to it your body and state of mind go back to normal. So when you rely on nature you return to reason and faith. “Most persons do not see the sun.”(191)

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