LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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his clothes
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his egotism
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his worldly possessions
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his love for the city
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Detailed explanation-1: -The transparent eyeball is a philosophical metaphor originated by American transcendentalist philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. In his essay Nature, the metaphor stands for a view of life that is absorbent rather than reflective, and therefore takes in all that nature has to offer without bias or contradiction.
Detailed explanation-2: -Emerson’s image of a “transparent eyeball” is one of the most famous passages in all of his works. How is this image a description of a visionary experience of God? Speaks to definition we discussed that in order to fully understand God/universe/self, we must let go of individual identity and fully participate in life.
Detailed explanation-3: -Emerson explains, “The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and heart of the child. The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly of infancy even into the era of manhood” (242). He is basically saying that only children really see and appreciate the sun.