"Finally, religion and ethics, which may be fitly called, - the practice of ideas, or the introduction of ideas into life,- have analogous effect with all lower culture, in degradingnature and suggesting a dependence on spirit.
Ralph Waldo Emmerson, Nature
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You should have posted the rest of that quote. Emerson (only 1 'M') was a very religious man, paralleling God and Nature and how God reveals himself THROUGH nature. He believe ALL things were connected to God (and he was considered a religious radical). Reading your quote it almost appears like you're suggesting Emerson thought religion was ridiculous and only lower cultures believe in it. :)
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