To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. Nature: Addresses, and Lectures - Page 15by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 315 pagesFull view - About this book
| R. Todd Felton - 2006 - 99 pages
...of his study. As he states, however, "to go out into solitude [to achieve our 'original relation'], a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society." Emerson made good on this premise by going out daily to walk the hills, forests, and meadows of his... | |
| Alison Pick - 2005 - 296 pages
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| Philipp Mehne - 2008 - 234 pages
...wahrnimmt. Die Natur und nur die Natur garantiert für Emerson Befreiung von geschichtlicher Determination: „I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though...a man would be alone, let him look at the stars." (CW I, 8). Genau hierin könnte für Emerson die Bedeutung des Pariser Naturkundemuseums gelegen haben,... | |
| Robin Mookerjee - 2008 - 312 pages
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| E.D. Schragg - 2005
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| Fiona Becket, Terry Gifford - 2007 - 260 pages
...American nation is founded. Emerson identifies the stars as the clearest manifestation of natural law: [If] a man would be alone, let him look at the stars [...] One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man, in the heavenly... | |
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