Nature (1836 book)

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Nature (1836 book) is Ralph Waldo Emerson’s foundational transcendentalist essay that explores the spiritual and philosophical relationship between humans and the natural world.

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instanceOf essay ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
transcendentalist text ⓘ
author Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ
centralTheme self-reliance and inner experience ⓘ
the spiritual significance of the natural world ⓘ
the unity of God, nature, and the human soul ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Boston ⓘ
form prose ⓘ
genre essay ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
transcendentalism ⓘ
hasPart chapter "Beauty" ⓘ
chapter "Commodity" ⓘ
chapter "Discipline" ⓘ
chapter "Idealism" ⓘ
chapter "Language" ⓘ
chapter "Nature" ⓘ
chapter "Prospects" ⓘ
chapter "Spirit" ⓘ
hasReception considered a foundational text of American Transcendentalism ⓘ
influenced American Transcendentalism ⓘ
linked to: Transcendentalism

American literature ⓘ
environmental thought ⓘ
influencedBy German Idealism ⓘ
linked to: German idealism

Immanuel Kant ⓘ
Romanticism ⓘ
intendedAudience general educated readership ⓘ
length short book ⓘ
literaryMovement Transcendentalism ⓘ
notableQuote "In the woods, we return to reason and faith." ⓘ
"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit." ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
period 19th-century American literature ⓘ
philosophicalPosition belief in an Over-Soul connecting all beings ⓘ
emphasis on intuition over empirical observation ⓘ
publicationYear 1836 ⓘ
publisher James Munroe and Company ⓘ
relatedWork Essays: First Series ⓘ
Self-Reliance ⓘ
setting contemplative engagement with the natural world ⓘ
subject American philosophy ⓘ
human–nature relationship ⓘ
individualism ⓘ
intuition ⓘ
nature ⓘ
philosophy of nature ⓘ
spirituality ⓘ

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Spirit (chapter of Emerson's Nature) → firstPublication → Nature (1836 book) ⓘ
subject linked to: chapter "Spirit"