Explanation Of A Paragraph From 'Nature' By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Explanation hw # 2 of a Paragraph from the "Nature" By Ralph Waldo Emerson
In this paragraph from Chapter 7 in Emerson's essay, Emerson talks about the importance of the spiritual realm that surrounds a human including nature and the theory of a man. The insight that I had from this paragraph was that the phenomena of nature put various questions in our mind about nature's theory. It makes us wonder if everything that we see is just the way it exactly is. It makes us question why are there some things that cannot be controlled? According to Emerson, it states that “Idealism acquaints us with the total disparity between the evidence of our own being, and the evidence of the world’s being” (40). This quote reveals …show more content…
An evidence that indicates this is, “Matter is a phenomenon, not a substance” (40). This quote conveys that in a man-made theory, everything in this world is made of matter which is a substance.However, in the spiritual world, matter is something that a mind notices. It’s the existence of something and distinct from the mind and the spirit. The paragraph tries to say that the mind is what thinks logically but the world is spiritual. However, if you deny the presence of the spiritual world, you might find yourself lost in a maze of only your perception, “It leaves me in the splendid labyrinth of my perceptions, to wander without end” (41). This will make you rely only on what you see which might not lead you out because things aren't always the way it appears to be. Sometimes you need to get out of non-spiritual reality to understand further.But simultaneously, it also feels wrong to deny the reality of human because no matter how much spiritual connection there is you'll still going to be in reality. Therefore, both the theory of nature and the theory of a man is essential.We should be aware of both of them. The internal world and the external world connected together makes the true
In this paragraph from Chapter 7 in Emerson's essay, Emerson talks about the importance of the spiritual realm that surrounds a human including nature and the theory of a man. The insight that I had from this paragraph was that the phenomena of nature put various questions in our mind about nature's theory. It makes us wonder if everything that we see is just the way it exactly is. It makes us question why are there some things that cannot be controlled? According to Emerson, it states that “Idealism acquaints us with the total disparity between the evidence of our own being, and the evidence of the world’s being” (40). This quote reveals …show more content…
An evidence that indicates this is, “Matter is a phenomenon, not a substance” (40). This quote conveys that in a man-made theory, everything in this world is made of matter which is a substance.However, in the spiritual world, matter is something that a mind notices. It’s the existence of something and distinct from the mind and the spirit. The paragraph tries to say that the mind is what thinks logically but the world is spiritual. However, if you deny the presence of the spiritual world, you might find yourself lost in a maze of only your perception, “It leaves me in the splendid labyrinth of my perceptions, to wander without end” (41). This will make you rely only on what you see which might not lead you out because things aren't always the way it appears to be. Sometimes you need to get out of non-spiritual reality to understand further.But simultaneously, it also feels wrong to deny the reality of human because no matter how much spiritual connection there is you'll still going to be in reality. Therefore, both the theory of nature and the theory of a man is essential.We should be aware of both of them. The internal world and the external world connected together makes the true