Nature
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Emerson's 1836 essay that launched Transcendentalism: nature as commodity, beauty, language, discipline and spirit, and the 'transparent eyeball'. Dense, ecstatic and short.
Read it if…
you want the founding Transcendentalist text.
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Skip it if…
you want Self-Reliance's practicality; this is more mystical.
Try instead: The Conduct of Life →
Three things you will actually use
- Build your own world.
- Nature is the teacher.
- See freshly.
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Read the introduction and chapter one.
Our verdict
The Transcendentalist founding text.
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