Ralph Waldo Emerson's View Of Nature

When considering nature many people think of valleys filled with tulips and squirrels scurrying around. When a person thinks of wilderness he or she make think of overgrown forests filled with wolves prowling around and mountain cats ready to attack. Then, that person may discuss how he or she would react to his or her surroundings as if the person were a foreign object thrown into unfamiliar territory. That the wilderness and nature are two places filled with beauty and amazement that can strike most people speechless can be proved by climbing a mountain or just standing in the sun and feeling it’s warmth flood throughout the body, but there is apart of nature that is often times overlooked or just right out ignored. Human beings while may be disconnected from nature are not separate from it, but in actuality are a part of nature.

When studying nature, a person must consider the integral role the human race plays, because humanity is just as much a part of nature as bats in the night and birds in the day. There are stark differences between what humans perceive to be nature and what nature actually is,

For example, Ralph Waldo Emerson in his essay “Nature” mentions he “becomes a transparent eye-ball” (Emerson). Essentially, Emerson is talking how when he was out by himself in the wilderness he felt as if he were one with the universe. In other words when Emerson was out away from villages and streets he could feel himself becoming nature. Which suggests that while humans are apart of nature, but have forgotten it when building cities, cars, and spending the day indoors working when he or she could be outdoors walking amongst the trees. If humans were too spend more time connecting with nature, then perhaps there would not be such a disconnection between humans, animals, and