Emersons nature
The Purpose of Nature Each year, over five million people visit The Grand Canyon. ... They come here because nature speaks for itself; in it’s own language. ... Thus, nature serves many different purposes depending on who comes to obverse it and what their motivation is. In Emerson’s essay Nature, he presents the idea that God made nature to be useful to humanity. ... Emerson bases his views of nature biblically. He says that nature still exists similarly to the Garden of Eden, which God created as a perfect state. Before original sin, Adam and Eve were able to exist in perfect harmony with nature. There was no natural disasters or hostile creatures – nature was the perfect technology to satisfy all human needs. After the Fall, humans are morally corrupt and no long to live in harmony with nature. Thus, we now have to work in order to live harmoniously with nature.