Nature (Chapter 1: Nature)
'In the woods, we return to reason and faith'; nature as transparent eyeball; standing on bare ground, all mean egotism vanishes
'In the woods, we return to reason and faith'; nature as transparent eyeball; standing on bare ground, all mean egotism vanishes
The foundational American nature essay. Emerson in the woods becoming an eyeball. Strange, radical, and still unmatched.
Key themes: Nature, transcendence, the transparent eyeball, ego dissolution, spiritual renewal