ENGLISH 2H06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Transcendentalism, Henry David Thoreau, Dead Poets Society
8 Dec 2016
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Ralph waldo emerson (cid:498) nature(cid:499) ((cid:884)(cid:883)4-17) hypocritical priests. We separate ourselves from our egotism or being are blocks to inspiration. How are we going to find greater being, greater consciousness, the sublime (something that is way beyond our wildest dreams-> mind boggling awesomeness) Connect with nature, but must go back to society; can"t cloister off like. Can"t intend to be inspired (cid:498)transparent eyeball(cid:499) -> emerson calls himself this (cid:498)the names of my dearest friends are foreign or accidental(cid:499) Things because separate from us; what we thought we knew we don"t in a. He went into the woods, but nothing happened-> he wasn"t inspired, there. Go away from society, but them come back always. He has doubt about inspiration-> it cannot be forced, just keep trying and wait till it happens. They escape the school and system to read poetry. Go away from society and maybe don"t come back.
