garment of the oversoul 4. focus in intuition (irrationalism and subconsciousness IV. Influence 1.It served as an ethical guide to life for a young nation and brought about the idea that human can be perfected by nature. It stressed religious tolerance, called to throw off shackles of customs and traditions and go forward to the development of a new and distinctly American culture 2. It advocated idealism that was great needed in a rapidly expanded economy where opportunity often became opportunism, and the desire to get ons obscured the moral necessity for rising to spiritual height 3. It helped to create the first American renaissance one of the most prolific period in American literature V. Ralph Waldo emerson 1. life 2. works () Nature (2) Two essays: The American Scholar, The poet 3.point of view (1) One major element of his philoso phy is his firm belief in the transcendence of the oversouls (2)He regards nature as the purest, and the most sanctifying moral influence on man, and advocated a direct intuition of a spiritual and immanent God in nature9 garment of the oversoul 4.focus in intuition （irrationalism and subconsciousness） IV. Influence 1.It served as an ethical guide to life for a young nation and brought about the idea that human can be perfected by nature. It stressed religious tolerance, called to throw off shackles of customs and traditions and go forward to the development of a new and distinctly American culture. 2.It advocated idealism that was great needed in a rapidly expanded economy where opportunity often became opportunism, and the desire to ※get on§ obscured the moral necessity for rising to spiritual height. 3.It helped to create the first American renaissance one of the most prolific period in American literature. V. Ralph Waldo Emerson 1.life 2.works （1）Nature （2）Two essays: The American Scholar, The Poet 3.point of view （1）One major element of his philosophy is his firm belief in the transcendence of the ※oversoul§. （2）He regards nature as the purest, and the most sanctifying moral influence on man, and advocated a direct intuition of a spiritual and immanent God in nature