{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"14278519","dateCreated":"1253046470","smartDate":"Sep 15, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"amlewis","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/amlewis","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/misslperiod4.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/14278519"},"dateDigested":1532286518,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Identify 2 Transcendentalist traits present in Emerson's Nature.","description":"Use your notes!","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"14321469","body":"The first trait of transcendentalism presented by Emerson is seen in his introduction where he questions:
\n"The foregoing generations beheld God and nature face to face; we, through their eyes. Why should not we also enjoy an original relation to the universe? Why should not we have a poetry and philosophy of insight and not of tradition[...]?"
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\nThis shows that individuals should seek the existence of an ideal spiritual reality that transcends the scientific by using intuition and becoming closer to nature.
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\nThe second trait of transcendentalism is evident when Emerson states that:
\n"We have theories of races and of functions, but scarcely yet a remote approach to an idea of creation. [...] But to a sound judgment, the most abstract truth is the most practical. Whenever a true theory appears, it will be its own evidence. Its test is, that it will explain all phenomena."
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\nIn other words, a higher plain of reality could be explored by having humans use what is absolutely true - their innate abilities of intuition and common sense - rather than just relying on the five senses.","dateCreated":"1253129972","smartDate":"Sep 16, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"galinsai","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/galinsai","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1252961833\/galinsai-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"14278495","dateCreated":"1253046426","smartDate":"Sep 15, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"amlewis","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/amlewis","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/misslperiod4.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/14278495"},"dateDigested":1532286518,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Why do you think Emerson calls himself a \"transparent eyeball\"?","description":"Located in Chapter 1 of Nature.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"14333031","body":"He calls himself a "Transparent Eyeball" because he feels as though he becomes, in a sense, nothing. He can see everything around him but he feels like nothing can see him. He feels so small and unimportant in comparison to how vast nature is. He becomes a part of "god" and a part of the world.","dateCreated":"1253144698","smartDate":"Sep 16, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"leesu2","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/leesu2","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"14333375","body":"he calls himself a transparent eyeball because he wants us to realize that we are all apart of god. when we are alone in nature, we can see everything and notice everything around us. its when we are with nature, we are at peace.","dateCreated":"1253145055","smartDate":"Sep 16, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"dcho0723","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/dcho0723","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"14359961","body":"What i think Emerson means when he refers to himself as a transparent eyeball is how he can see other things that others can't. He notices things about nature that others do not.","dateCreated":"1253200433","smartDate":"Sep 17, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"teigner0910","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/teigner0910","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1288101448\/teigner0910-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"14278473","dateCreated":"1253046376","smartDate":"Sep 15, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"amlewis","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/amlewis","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/misslperiod4.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/14278473"},"dateDigested":1532286518,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Choose a quote from Nature and interpret it and\/or apply it to your own life.","description":"Open to interpretation!","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"14321653","body":""To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing. The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child."
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\nWhen reading this quote I interpreted it as the author saying that once you see how beautiful something is the magic of it disappears after a while. In this quote, Ralph Waldo Emerson is stating that adults loose their imagination and enjoyment in seeing nature because they don't think it's anything new to look at. Whereas a child, sees enjoyment in it and thinks it is beautiful until they grow up and realize that it is nothing special.","dateCreated":"1253130224","smartDate":"Sep 16, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"ckrupski0910","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ckrupski0910","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"14324615","body":"The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence.
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\nWhen I was reading this quote I thought the author was explaining that there will always be an aspect of nature that is unattainable to humans. But, when we open our minds we connect with nature and can more fully understand it. Ralph Waldo Emerson in this quote says that when we try to interpret nature scientifically we close our minds and that blocks the whole truth of nature from us.","dateCreated":"1253134147","smartDate":"Sep 16, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"vpane0910","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/vpane0910","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"14325595","body":""All science has one aim, namely, to find a theory of nature. We have theories of races and of functions, but scarcely yet a remote approach to an idea of creation."
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\nThe author talks about how science tries to find a way to reason how nature, or I believe he means the world in general" came to be. Emerson says that there are plenty ideas of evolution but none concerning the original creation. I believe that at his time there was no theory of the "Big Bang" or any other idea of how everything came to be. Had he known about this theory at the time, I believe that Emerson still would have implied the question of creation to try to get others to think beyond science into a world where nature could simply be created by nature.","dateCreated":"1253135324","smartDate":"Sep 16, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"jsetola0910","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jsetola0910","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1300917566\/jsetola0910-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"14328571","body":""When we speak of nature in this manner, we have a distinct but most poetical sense in the mind. We mean the integrity of impression made by manifold natural objects. It is this which distinguishes the stick of timber of the wood-cutter, from the tree of the poet."
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\nWhen I was reading this quote, I believed that the author was trying to express his views of nature. Emerson thinks that the majority of the people have the same visions of what nature looks like. However, I believe that nature is a calm and serene setting where everyone is left alone. There are no plans or worries in a nature surrounding and it is every man for himself when trying to survive in a natural environment. Emerson is implying that nature should not be disturbed, but every surrounding needs to be disturbed or else it would not be an ideal condition to live in.","dateCreated":"1253138796","smartDate":"Sep 16, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"dolberer","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/dolberer","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1256695483\/dolberer-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"14329183","body":""If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown!"
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\nThis quote means that because we are so use to seeing the stars every night we take them for granted. I know that I have never just looked up at the stars to admire them simply because they are always there and they don't seem that special. If stars were only to appear once every thousand years I would probably stare up at them for the whole night if i were alive for the one night that the stars were visible.","dateCreated":"1253139813","smartDate":"Sep 16, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"morrowad","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/morrowad","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1297263521\/morrowad-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"14329935","body":""We have theories of races and of functions, but scarcely yet a remote approach to an idea of creation. We are now so far from the road to truth, that religious teachers dispute and hate each other, and speculative men are esteemed unsound and frivolous."
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\nThe author believes that we are so far away from an idea of creation. The fact is we will most likely never now how it came to be or whether it was something beyond science that created nature. In the quote its states as if people are getting frustrated and angry with each other because they cant find a reason, but there is no point at getting at each other's necks. Nature was created most likely millions of years ago and i believe there is nothing that can help us distinguish the cause of its creation.","dateCreated":"1253140811","smartDate":"Sep 16, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"bjohnson0910","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/bjohnson0910","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1253718827\/bjohnson0910-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"14331457","body":"" In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, -- no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair."
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\nEmerson writes that in nature he feels like nothing bad can happen to him. I think he is trying to say that he is most comfortable when he is in the woods because there nothing can disturb or upset him. Even though nature cannot fix every problem, Emerson feels the most content when he is surrounded by it.","dateCreated":"1253142855","smartDate":"Sep 16, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"asprenger0910","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/asprenger0910","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"14332987","body":""The greatest delight which the fields and woods minister, is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable. I am not alone and unacknowledged. They nod to me, and I to them. The waving of the boughs in the storm, is new to me and old. It takes me by surprise, and yet is not unknown. Its effect is like that of a higher thought or a better emotion coming over me, when I deemed I was thinking justly or doing right."
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\nWhile reading this, interpreted the author saying that he can become one with nature. He feels that nature puts him in complete tranquility and gives him a sense of security. I can relate to this quote because listening to music gives me a sense of security and helps me relate to how he feels.","dateCreated":"1253144668","smartDate":"Sep 16, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"LTubito0910","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/LTubito0910","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"14335415","body":"
\n"but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence. Nature never wears a mean appearance."
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\nIn this quote i think that Emerson is saying that natural objects can be welcoming and if people open their mind to all options, than nature could be influential to people, and also that nature isn\u2019t evil","dateCreated":"1253147429","smartDate":"Sep 16, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"reyesol","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/reyesol","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"14353569","body":""When we speak of nature in this manner, we have a distinct but most poetical sense in the mind."
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\ni interpreted this as being a huge part of what transcendentalism really is because its talking about nature and the poetic mind. this relates to my life because i love writing poems and i love nature and find it so interesting.","dateCreated":"1253194288","smartDate":"Sep 17, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"cashmoneyBrinker","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/cashmoneyBrinker","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1285596254\/cashmoneyBrinker-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"14358565","body":"To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society.
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\ni interpret this quote to be a main aspect of transcendentalism. it symbolizes how in order to be one with nature you have to not only escape your own mind but to escape society and everything around you. no matter how focused you are you cant achieve this goal if there are things around you distracting you","dateCreated":"1253198568","smartDate":"Sep 17, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"bechtoma","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/bechtoma","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1287078226\/bechtoma-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]}],"more":false},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}