Question

According to this excerpt from Emerson’s essay “Nature,” what is the greatest delight that nature ministers or provides to man?

The greatest delight which the fields and woods minister, is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable. I am not alone and unacknowledged. They nod to me, and I to them. The waving of the boughs in the storm, is new to me and old. It takes me by surprise, and yet is not unknown. Its effect is like that of a higher thought or a better emotion coming over me, when I deemed I was thinking justly or doing right.

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The greatest delight that nature provides to mankind is its ability to eliminate loneliness. When people immerse themselves in nature, they are no longer alone because of nature’s ability to embrace and include all humanity. According to Emerson, nature can calm man and bring him closer to divinity, “like that of a higher thought or a better emotion coming over me. . . .” - Directly from Plato

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