爱默生-Nature

Nature--RalphWaldoEmersonNatureisanessaywrittenbyRalphWaldoEmerson,publishedanonymouslyin1836.Itisinthisessaythatthefoundationoftranscendentalismisputforth,abeliefsystemthatespousesanon-traditionalappreciationofnature.123Emerson'sattitudeDetailAnalysisArticalpoints4Influence2020/5/16Emerson'sattitudetowardsnature•Emersonlovesnature.Hisnatureisthegarmentoftheover-soul,symbolicandmoralbound.Natureisnotsomethingpurelyofthematter,butalivewithGod’spresence.Itexercisesahealthyandrestorativeinfluenceonhumanbeings.Childrencanseenaturebetterthanadult.2020/5/16DetailAnalysisTogointosolitude,amanneedstoretireasmuchfromhischamberasfromsociety.(para1line1p141)Hesetupaclaimtosupportself-cultivationandthoughtonlywhenhumanbeingswerealoneandstayedinsolitudethattheirinherenttalentscouldbebroughttofullplay.Natureistheembodimentofhuman’smind.Joyfulnaturerepresentshappiness,whilesadnatureshowssorrow.2020/5/16Wemeantheintegrityofimpressionmadebymanifoldnaturalobjects.(para3line2p142)ItshowsEmerson’sromanticopinionofnature,heregardsthevariousthingsintheworldasaorganicwhole.(表明爱默生视大千世界为一个有机整体的浪漫主义自然观)2020/5/16Standingonthebareground,myhead······thecurrentsoftheUniversalBingcirculatethroughme;IampartofGod.(para4line17-20p143)Thiswasafamoussentencewhichillustratedtheharmonybetweennatureandhumanbeings.ThisthoughtwasthemainpartofromanticismandthekeypointofthebookNature.Naturealwaysworethecolorsofthespirit.Moreover,naturewasthesymbolofspirit.Emersonstressesthatmenareinharmonywiththenature.(爱默生强调人与自然界的和谐一致)2020/5/16Naturealwayswearsthecolorsofthespirit.(para6line4-5p144)InEmerson’sopinion,spiritinvolvesman’smindandthenature,materialisthesymbolofspirit.So,heholdstheviewthatman’stranscendenteffectshouldbeunleashed.(在他看来，精神渗透人的心灵和自然界，物质为精神之象征。他主张发挥人的超验作用)2020/5/16Points•Totryandseelifeasachilddoes•Tolookatlifeeachdaywithfresheyes•Toconstantlylearnfromnature•TheimportanceofunityandharmonybetweenmankindnatureandGodInfluenceThebookpresentsatheoryoftheuniverse,itsorigin,presentcondition,andfinaldestiny.Nature’svoicepushedAmericanRomanticismintoanewphase,thephaseofNewEnglandTranscendentalism,thesummitofAmericanRomanticism/AmericanRenaissance.