Nature

The lines in Emerson’s piece that really spoke to me were, “Undoubtedly we have not questions to ask which are unanswerable. We must trust the perfection of the creation so far, as to believe that whatever curiosity the order of things has awakened in our minds, the order of things can satisfy.” This statement means that nature is self-describing and has essentially no secrets. Emerson alludes to a higher being, God, who has made nature according to certain order in life. He discusses how there are some scientists who look into the order in nature, yet we have to wonder if this order exists at all. There are things in our lives that because of nature have to be followed in a certain order. Emerson believes that through nature and the belief in God, all of our questions in some way or another will be answered. However, many of us have unanswerable questions and by putting faith in God or a higher being we may achieve the answer we are looking for. Even though I already have a strong faith, I think that these lines are powerful because it questions the reader’s beliefs in why does nature exist? What am I here to do in life and is there a order that I must follow to ultimately reach a higher goal?