Nature and Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson

1.

Open Ended

30 sec

1 pt

What is the central theme of nature by Emerson?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

Answer explanation

Emerson's "Nature" Major Themes. Nature expresses Emerson's belief that each individual must develop a personal understanding of the universe. ... According to Emerson, people in the past had an intimate and immediate relationship with God and nature, and arrived at their own understanding of the universe.

2.

Open Ended

30 sec

1 pt

What is the main point of nature by Emerson?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

Answer explanation

Emerson uses spirituality as a major theme in the essay. Emerson believed in reimagining the divine as something large and visible, which he referred to as nature; such an idea is known as transcendentalism, in which one perceives a new God and their body, and becomes one with their surroundings.

3.

Open Ended

30 sec

1 pt

What is the meaning of the name Emerson?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

Answer explanation

In American the meaning of the name Emerson is: Brave; powerful. In German the meaning of the name Emerson is: Emery's son. Brave; powerful. ... Ralph Waldo Emerson - American essayist, philosopher, poet and leader of the transcendentalist movement.

4.

Open Ended

30 sec

1 pt

What are the beliefs of Emerson?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

Answer explanation

Centered in New England during the 19th century, Transcendentalism was a reaction against scientific rationalism. Emerson's first book, Nature (1836), is perhaps the best expression of his Transcendentalism, the belief that everything in our world—even a drop of dew—is a microcosm of the universe.

5.

Open Ended

30 sec

1 pt

What is the main idea of self reliance by Emerson?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

Answer explanation

"Self-Reliance" is an 1841 essay written by American transcendentalist philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson's recurrent themes, the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow their own instincts and ideas.

6.

Open Ended

30 sec

1 pt

Why is nature important to you?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

Answer explanation

We know that the natural environment provides us with a wide range of 'ecosystem services': all the things that people need and want that come from the natural world of which human beings are a part. We receive provisioning services (food, fibre, energy, drinking water, building materials, natural medicine).

7.

Open Ended

30 sec

1 pt

What does Emerson mean by being a transparent eyeball?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

Answer explanation

The transparent eyeball is a philosophical metaphor originated by Ralph Waldo Emerson. The transparent eyeball is a representation of an eye that is absorbent rather than reflective, and therefore takes in all that nature has to offer.

8.

Open Ended

30 sec

1 pt

What is a part of nature?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

Answer explanation

Nature, in the broadest sense, is the natural, physical, or material world or universe. ... The study of nature is a large part of science. Although humans are part of nature, human activity is often understood as a separate category from other natural phenomena.

9.

Open Ended

30 sec

1 pt

Which statement is something the Transcendentalists believe?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

Answer explanation

Transcendentalists believe that society and its institutions—particularly organized religion and political parties—corrupt the purity of the individual. They have faith that people are at their best when truly "self-reliant" and independent.

10.

Open Ended

30 sec

1 pt

What does Emerson mean when he says Nature always wears the colors of the spirit?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

Answer explanation

Emerson says "Nature always wears the color of the spirit," it means nature has a way to reflect our mood, in the winter you may get sadder and in the spring you feel renewed and refreshed. It reflects his Romantic beliefs because he saw that nature reflects his spiritual side.Nov 1, 2012

11.

Open Ended

30 sec

1 pt

What inspired transcendentalism?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

Answer explanation

Romanticism was marked by a reaction against classical formalism and convention and by an emphasis on emotion, spirituality, subjectivity, and inspiration. Transcendentalism, inspired by English and European Romantic authors, was a form of American Romanticism.

12.

Open Ended

30 sec

1 pt

What is the transcendentalist movement?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

Answer explanation

Transcendentalism is an American literary, political, and philosophical movement of the early nineteenth century, centered around Ralph Waldo Emerson. Other important transcendentalists were Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, Amos Bronson Alcott, Frederic Henry Hedge, and Theodore Parker.Feb 6, 2003

13.

Open Ended

30 sec

1 pt

What Ralph Waldo Emerson did as a transcendentalist?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

Answer explanation

Ralph Waldo Emerson. ... Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.

14.

Open Ended

30 sec

1 pt

What did Emerson mean when he said a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

Answer explanation

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds definition. A great person does not have to think consistently from one day to the next. This remark comes from the essay " Self-Reliance " by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson does not explain the difference between foolish and wise consistency.

15.

Open Ended

30 sec

1 pt

Which virtue does society demand most?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

Answer explanation

According to Emerson, which virtue does society demand most - truth, conformity, creativity, or self-reliance? What is the only law that Emerson says can be sacred to him? Emerson believed in the basic goodness of humans, that they would do the right thing if given the chance to make their own decisions.

16.

Open Ended

30 sec

1 pt

Which virtue does society demand most?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

Answer explanation

According to Emerson, which virtue does society demand most - truth, conformity, creativity, or self-reliance? What is the only law that Emerson says can be sacred to him? Emerson believed in the basic goodness of humans, that they would do the right thing if given the chance to make their own decisions.

17.

Open Ended

30 sec

1 pt

What is Emerson's definition of genius?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

Answer explanation

In his essay, 'Self-Reliance ', Ralph Waldo Emerson begins by defining the term 'genius': 'To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men—that is genius.Jun 1, 2011

Explore this activity with a free account