LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
AMERICAN RENAISSANCE UNIQUELY AMERICAN ART LITERATURE AND CULTURE
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he thinks that it is wrong for men to attempt to own nature by owning land
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He thinks that people can enjoy nature but never truly posses it
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He is envious of the men who can afford to own a portion of nature by owning land
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He thinks that the only true owners of nature are poets as they understand nature
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Detailed explanation-1: -Emotionally, Emerson relates to his readers through the feelings that nature can inspire. He states that “none…owns the landscape”(28). Anyone can enjoy nature and nature is for everyone. Emerson is speaking directly to the common man as he reminds him that nature is universally accessible.
Detailed explanation-2: -Emerson asserts throughout Nature the primacy of spirit over matter. Nature’s purpose is as a representation of the divine to promote human insight into the laws of the universe, and thus to bring man closer to God.
Detailed explanation-3: -Emerson advised that man embrace a more natural philosophy and be mindful of the natural world while acting as humans, rather than let society act as its own God. In this, human beings have nearly unlimited potential that Emerson feels is often not used (Richardson).
Detailed explanation-4: -Emerson argues that God and existence happen solely in the present, and that only in nature can the individual see the present in its “richness.” The self-reliant individual, though, attuned to nature and his (or her) inner self, is connected to the present, and therefore to the unity of everything.