For one of Emerson's most fundamental and frequently recurring ideas is that of a "great nature in which we rest as the earth lies in the soft arms of the atmosphere," an"Over-soul, within which every man's particular being si contained and made one with all other," which "evermore tends to pass into our thought and hand and become wisdom and virtue and power and beauty." This is the incentive-the sublime incentive of approaching the perfection which is ours by nature and by divine intention--that Emerson holds out when he asks us to submit us to ourselves and to all instructive influences.
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哲学与爱默生(节选1)
“人类栖居于伟大的自然世界，一如地球偎依在大气温柔的怀抱。”“自然即超灵，世人之存在，纵差异万千，皆包罗于此，相互交织，相互作用，进而激起思想之火花，行为之动力，促使智慧、品德、力量、美感之产生。”此即爱默生观念之根本，其年代已久却犹四季循环往复而不终老。此亦完善自身之崇高动力，且此种完美并非无法触及，而是自然和神旨之赋予，是真正的自我。爱默生推崇这一观念，意在使世人懂得应为自然之力所启发，由“自我”完善为“真我”。