...1986. CHAPTER 2 tmerson, Inoreau, and tnvironmental Kef • orm So much of nature as [the scholar] is ignorant of, so much of his own mind does he not...precept, "Study nature," become at last one maxim. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, "The American Scholar," 1837 Shall I not have intelligence with the earth?...

...that knowledge of God and knowledge of the self were "joined by many bonds," Emerson concluded that "the ancient precept, 'Know thyself,' and the modern...precept, 'Study nature,' become at last one maxim." 48 The immediately noticeable feature of Emerson's address is its comprehensive demolition of the scholar's...

...that knowledge of God and knowledge of the self were "joined by many bonds," Emerson concluded that "the ancient precept, 'Know thyself,' and the modern precept, 'Study nature,' become at last one maxim."48 The immediately noticeable feature of Emerson's address is its comprehensive demolition of...

...one is print. Its beauty is the beauty of his own mind. Its laws are the laws of his own mind. ... So much of nature as he is ignorant of, so much of his own mind does he not yet possess" (Essays, 56). 23 Emerson's critique of property and personhood in "The American Scholar" results in...

...resembles his own spirit, whose beginning, whose ending, he never can find — s0 entire, so boundless. And, in fine, the ancient precept, "Know thyself,...precept, "Study nature, " become at last one maxim. 2. By contemplating objects in nature, people can transcend the world and discover union with the Over-Soul...

...to it part for part. One is seal, and one is print. Its beauty is the beauty of his own mind. . . . And, in fine, the ancient precept, 'Know thyself,'...modern precept, 'Study nature,' become at last one maxim."90 Yet as the passage from "Experience" demonstrates, "this new power" proved to be "rapacious,"...

...and inundation of an idea. 5. Nature, I, 9: Our age is retrospective. "The American Scholar," I, 89: The next great influence into the spirit of the scholar is the mind of the Past, — ... 6. Channing, "Christianity is a Rational Religion," Works, pp. 233-234: I propose, first, to...

...2:221), and since we can, therefore, ultimately encounter only ourselves in nature, he concluded that "the ancient precept, 'Know thyself,' and the modern...precept, 'Study nature,' become at last one maxim" (CW 1:55). In this context, Hegel's claim that the best possible elucidation of the freedom of the...

...beauty of his own mind. Its laws are the laws of his own mind. So much of nature as he [the scholar] is ignorant of, so much of his own mind does he not yet possess." In "Compensation" he wrote, "each new form repeats not only the main character of the type, but part...

...mind. Its laws are the laws of his own mind. Nature then becomes to him the measure of his attainments. So much of nature as he is ignorant of, so much of...precept, "Study nature," become at last one maxim. 77. The next great influence into the spirit of the scholar, is the mind of the Past — in whatever...