Ralph Waldo Emerson Answers

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How do Emerson's central ideas about solitude and nature reflect transcendentalism?

Emerson’s ideas urge people to seek religion for guidance in communing with the divine.

Emerson’s ideas stress that human beings are one with both nature and the divine.

Emerson’s ideas emphasize that only people who own property can appreciate nature.

Emerson’s ideas recommend that people isolate themselves and never go out into society.

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Based on the essay’s central ideas, what is Emerson trying to convince the reader to think or do?Check all of the boxes that apply.

go out into nature and commune with the divine

experience real solitude to truly perceive nature

take walks rarely in order not to tire of nature

realize that individuals are meant to learn from nature and transcend it

view nature on sunny days and avoid it on overcast days

think of nature as a symbol of the divine

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