Nature

Great book by Emerson---if you like this book you will also want to read the following 99 cent similar books:1  Success, Greatness, Immortality (1880) 2  Life of Henry David Thoreau (1896) 3  Muir & Burroughs: Literary Heroes of the Early Conservation Movement (1917) 4  A Journal of Ramblings through the High Sierras of California 5  The Alaska Trip (1897) 6  The Gospel of Nature (1908) (Illustrated) 7  Travels Through North and South Carolina (1791) 8  The Wild Sheep of the Sierrra (1881) 9  The Boyhood of a Naturalist [Illustrated] (1913) 10  Letters to a Friend Written to Mrs. Ezra S. Carr, 1866-1879

I love nature, I enjoy the perspectives and writing of the past, which is far different than modern writing, so this book is a winner for me, right up my alley. If you like early American writing, mid 1800s, the way they phrased things and wrote, and if you love an introspective exploration of the philosophy of life and living from a natural perspective, this work is for you.This is a thinkers book. If you want to dive into the depths of the eclectic philosophies, thoughts, ideas and concepts of an early American thinker, you will enjoy this book. If you think evaluation, analysis and long explanations of multiple aspects of life and society are dry and tiring, then this book is not for you.

I read this work building my sense of influences shaping Thoreau's literary attitude and philosophy. That limited goal was met. However,any student of John Muir,Sigurd Olson, Sarah Stein or Thoreau himself has read better literature. I found his writing to dwell on the self evident and clearly on the preaching side. Nonetheless I think it is worth a read if one wants to place this work in its historical niche in American literature. On the bright side it is mercifully short. Cactus Ken

Ralph Waldo Emerson is a complete genius. He's the type of person that only comes along once, maybe, every generation, if even that. I've always considered Emerson to be the greatest genius of the 19h century. I give the 20th century to William S. Burroughs. Emerson's writings are so brilliant that there's no point to even dogear his pages. Every sentence deserves to be dogeared if it were possible. When reading Emerson it is like being clobbered over the head with the brilliance of each sentence. it's nonstop. His brilliance pours from every sentence. I have a book of his collected essays that literally has half (maybe even more) of the sentences underlined or highlighted. Emerson was so far ahead of his time that we're still not even caught up to him and his perceptions even 130 years since his death.

My first Emerson read since my school days. Nature is Emerson's first book (1836) and a somewhat harsh review at the time coined the term'Transcendentalist' ... which later became what Emerson's philosophy was called.In 'Nature' Emerson equates Nature with man's quest for spiritual oneness. God.I admit the language (poetry) of the early 1800s when it was written is difficult to grasp and needs to be read slowly. I've decided to re-read this short essay in another year (or so) with the belief that it's depth of meaning will reveal itself one layer at a time.Thank you Amazon for providing these classics in digital form at no cost.

In his book, Emerson explains how we can find awe and delight in the natural world when we don't lose sight of our inner child. He writes, "The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common."Emerson's book was so popular that it started a cultural movement in America in which people celebrated America's inspiring beauty through the painting of landscapes. Artist colonies were formed. Artists shared the belief that the landscape was God's expression on earth and that spending time in the outdoors drew the individual closer to God.

If you like to be out in the woods alone, you will understand and appreciate this book. It reminds me of my religious experiences with nature when I was working in the Uinta Mountains of Utah and the Rocky Mountains and broken plateaus of Colorado. I am now happily married for 30 years and living in the city I grew up in: New Orleans. I will keep rereading this book for the rest of my life to remind me those years out west.

This book has misprinted pages, complete lines taken out. I noticed too late and not able to return. would be nice if seller could help me resolve this.DisappointedL

This is atrocious! I read a single page of it (having made the mistake of buying it on spec) and have immediately had to go back to the kindle store and buy a "proper" version, with a different cover. I'll give one example: on the very first paragraph of the text , after the introduction, Emerson refers to "stars". In the version I bought this word appears as "celebs". I am not joking. It's as if the text was written by an AI from a foreign language translation and drawing its vocabulary from the text messages of a drunken twelve year old. Lesson learned.

This free edition is a great help but does not include notes or critical introduction. It is nicely formatted but, for some reason, to find the contents page you need to go to the beginning and turn the pages - it doesn't come up on the Kindle menu.From the point of view of a modern reader, I find the text itself effusive, very wordy and only occasionally interesting. Emerson's basic enthusiasm for life, the universe and everything gives it a certain energy but, for me, this is negated by the obsessive rapturousness of his style. I think this quote conveys the overall tone:Standing on the bare ground, - my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, - all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God.

Inspiring throughout.A must for those who love our environment.

I really enjoyed the book, it brought nature more to my attention in a sense in it's spiritual awareness. We are as one with nature as we are with each other. There are some stunning lines in this book that help you remember there is beauty in the natural world around on any scale

prose = beauty & meaning

Over a hundred years old but still current. Thought provoking even now!

I am biased because I love the Author, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and all his works. It has thought me great deal in my present life. I recommend it to anyone. Moreoever, it's free.

Best book to describe the connection of human spirit with nature and the spirit of universe! No narration can exemplify its stature. A must have in your library!Note: Better to read outside in the presence of nature.

Emerson writes in clearly, cristaline way. He advert us to the meaning of the Nature and the men. Each sentence it's rich in meaning and significance, and its been a nice way for me to learn English from the masters of this beautiful language. The markers of the others have been helpful, too, so I can take a more attentive look at that sentence.I already was planning to read Thoreau, because of my graduation in Geography, and reading Emerson really enriches the experience as a whole.

Old is gold. It's a book of nature depicted in a philosophical manner. It is good for one to get the true knowledge of nature.

This book is essence of profound self realization ,of Oneness! Such transcendental is the work, it is meditative ! Definitely recommend this book to meditators, students of Oriental philosophy like Advaita, Patanjali Yogsutra, Shaivism, Tantra, Tao .

1. The cover was damaged.2. The book is a cheap photocopy print.3. The contents don't match with the original.As a reader I feel incredibly sad for those who bought this book in hopes of getting a masterpiece but instead got this abomination. Amazon should verify the contents of the books they are selling online as such acts spoil the name of the Author and his work.

Its not a perfect book.Just feels like few printed pages clubbed together.And Worth Not 99bucks, but hardly 20 bucks or so for the binding and all.

Very much Emerson. Pretty philosophical. Certainly for lovers of Philosophy.

This book is really really interesting.There's nothing in this book you dislike or hate.It is recommended to every single person.