Reading

Things written by other people that I keep coming back to.

• Nature

  by Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1849 (new edition; first published 1836)

  Published:Sep 4, 2026 |  at 12:00 AM | 75 min

  Emerson's founding essay of American transcendentalism — nature as commodity, beauty, language, discipline, and finally as the visible face of spirit.