“Let’s have class outside today!” Kids look forward to hearing this statement frequently in the springtime each school year; but why? It has been proven that children as well as adults learn more and at a higher level than normal when in a natural environment. Humans tend to observe and associate learned material with the natural surroundings. These people also relax and are readily available to intake more information as well as discover new facts about themselves. This is essentially the basis of transcendentalism. Transcendentalist writers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, as well as Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman, turn to nature as a role model to show people how to improve the quality of their lives by living simply, making the best of what they have, and refraining from passing judgment on others. By following nature’s example, people discover that being true to oneself is the key to living as nature does.
Within Emerson’s life time, he had been married twice with four children- his first …show more content…
His whole life, however closely examined, shows no flaw of temper or of foible. It was serene and lovely to the end, simply because he existed with no worry or regret in his heart about his lifestyle of paving the natural view of the world for future people to live his transcendental ways. Emerson’s journey through transcendentalism was about going beyond one’s humanity in an effort to understand the world around him on a higher level.
American thought has been greatly influenced by Emerson 's declaration of philosophy, which has also been a major source of inspiration for future thinkers. He was an authority on showing the way that life has to follow, a way which challenges existing standards and manages to overcome personal, national and religious barriers. I have neither given nor received any unauthorized aid on this