Emerson

I think it is safe to say that I have a new favorite author. When reading Nature I actually saw a little bit of my self in his writing. I felt like Emerson’s style was freebased, and was genuine to the point. I was introduced to a philosophy on life and or nature in particularly, that I have never been exposed to in my lifetime. The fluid way he wrote was a treat for my eyes to see. I thought of his work as all the raunchy parts in a romance novel put together. So his works was defiantly an eye treat.
I found Emerson’s philosophy on nature to be very intriguing. For instance, ‘’To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though no body is with me. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and vulgar things.’’ (Emerson) Now I took that quote and thought about it for a little while., and found myself agreeing with him. Emerson was saying that you need to remove yourself from all the drama in your life for just a little bit. That you need to look at nature for just a little bit, and with that just settle down. Nature can free you from almost anything, because it is so simple its self. I really couldn’t compare his overall philosophy with any previous authors that we have read in the past. But some puritan authors viewed nature in a positive way in the past.
In conclusion I found Ralph Waldo Emerson to be an inspiration towards my own personal philosophy,. He was an outside of the box thinker, and the world appreciates it. I found ‘’Nature’’ to be the most inspiring read that we have focused on so far.