Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American lecturer, essayist, and poet, best remembered for leading the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.

Emerson’s essays remain one of the linchpins of American thinking, and Emerson’s work has influenced nearly every generation of thinker, writer and poet since his time. When asked to sum up his work, he said his central doctrine was “the infinitude of the private man.”Nature is an essay written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published anonymously in 1836. It is in this essay that the foundation of transcendentalism is put forth, a belief system that espouses a non-traditional appreciation of nature. Transcendentalism suggests that divinity diffuses all nature, and speaks to the notion that we can only understand reality through studying nature.

Within this essay, Emerson divides nature into four usages; Commodity, Beauty, Language and Discipline. These distinctions define the ways by which humans use nature for their basic needs, their desire for delight, their communication with one another and their understanding of the world.

This package includes the 38-page text in MS Word format, a PDF, a 3D rendered graphic of an MP3 player, and (9) MP3 audios.

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