ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to Emerson’s “from Nature", going into nature has what effect?
A
People are able to lose all sense of time.
B
Generation after generation has enjoyed nature.
C
All worries, fears, and even thoughts of class system disappears.
D
Relaxation and happiness.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -For Emerson, nature is not God but the body of God’s soul-"nature, ” he writes, is “mind precipitated.” Emerson feels that to fully realize one’s role in this respect is to be in paradise. He ends “Nature” with these words: “Every moment instructs, and every object; for wisdom is infused into every form.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thoreau and Emerson emphasized on the transcendentalist idea of human harmony with nature. They believed that nature can help us improve spiritually and help us connect to the rest of the world. According to Transcendental ideas, everything is connected, everything is one.

Detailed explanation-3: -Emerson states that when he himself stands in the woods, he feels the Universal Being flowing through him. This notion of the Universal Being, which he identifies with God, is what many readers identify as transcendentalism.

Detailed explanation-4: -Emerson often referred to nature as the “Universal Being” in his many lectures. It was Emerson who deeply believed there was a spiritual sense of the natural world which felt was all around him.

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