“Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue.” “Prophet and priest, David, Isaiah, Jesus, have drawn deeply from this source.” “God never jests with us,” “Nature is made to conspire with spirit to emancipate us.” “The aspect of nature is devout. Like the figure of Jesus, she stands with bended head, and hands folded upon the breast. The happiest man is he who leans from nature the lesson of worship.” “The problem of restoring to the world original and eternal beauty, is solved by the redemption of the soul.”
These are just some of the passages that stood out to me while I was reading. I want to be careful not to make too blanket a statement, but I also want to express some things that ran through my head when I read Emerson’s works. First off, there are things that he expresses very well, you have to give him that. However, while he may express things very well he seems a bit contradictory. What I mean by that, is he seems to mix truths of scripture with things he “believes”. So in essence he is changing the meaning of things. Does that make any sense? I do not agree with some of the things he has said, one being, Jesus as a prophet and priest… I believe Jesus is Christ, Lord, Savior, Son of God etc. This mans theology does not seem to be accurate. It was just an interesting reading this week…
PS - Will D.
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