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Philosophy Atlas. "Nature." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://philosophy.interactiveatlas.org/works/nature-emerson.

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Philosophy Atlas. (n.d.). Nature. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://philosophy.interactiveatlas.org/works/nature-emerson

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@misc{philosophyatlas-nature,
  author = {Philosophy Atlas},
  title = {Nature},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://philosophy.interactiveatlas.org/works/nature-emerson},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Published anonymously in 1836, this essay is usually treated as the founding statement of American Transcendentalism: the natural world is a direct route to the divine, available without the mediation of church or received doctrine.

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Publication Yearthe subject's own account

1836 1

Original Languagethe subject's own account

English 1

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature (1836)

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1. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature (1836)

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