Published anonymously in 1836; the founding statement of American Transcendentalism and the first sustained expression of the essayistic voice Emerson's later work is known for.
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How does Emerson describe becoming a transparent eye-ball in Nature?
Emerson's own text of Nature, as hosted by Project Gutenberg, gives it this way: "I become a transparent eye-ball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God."
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Source Robert D. Richardson, Emerson: The Mind on Fire (1995)
Widely read as the movement's founding manifesto, published the same year (1836) the movement's own period-start-year marks.
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Source Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature (1836)
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1. Nature (essay) (Wikipedia)
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Nature is a book-length essay written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published by James Munroe and Company in 1836.
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3. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature (1836)
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Nature is a book-length essay written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published by James Munroe and Company in 1836.
Robert D. Richardson, Emerson: The Mind on Fire (1995)
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