After American independence, writers began to write about man's relationship with nature, God and society, which it was called transcendentalism. Emerson and Thoreau were transcendentalists who had similar views on life and nature. As Thoreau was Emerson's student, they were both great writers who strongly believed in the idea of ​​self-reliance and God through nature. Although they had their own style of explaining nature, their differences were very minimal. This essay will, however, talk about the relationship between man and nature in Emerson and Thoreau. First of all, this essay will talk about Emerson's view on man's relationship with nature. Second, it will talk about Thoreau's view on how to observe nature in relation to the life of man. Emerson believes that each individual has his own thoughts and beliefs and that each man can think for himself, which he calls "the thinking man." He mentions that there are many things that influence the human mind, but “the first in terms of time and the first in importance on the mind is that of nature. » (The American Scholar, 1837). Emerson says that to know God, one must know nature and that is the only way an individual can have a connection with God. He goes on to say that man's life cannot be predicted how long he will live, in the same way that nature has no end or beginning, it is in the whole system. Emerson believes that nature has its own laws, in which if every individual studies nature, the human mind will also not resort to the laws that aim to limit man's thinking to "self-thinking". The study of science is entirely in nature itself, Emerson notes that "science is nothing but the study of analogy, of identity, in the remotest parts" ( The American Scholar, 1837). He compares the middle of a paper with ideas about life. Both had similar ideas about the study of nature and autonomy in life as well as the image of God that is in nature and the only way to know God. Emerson and Thoreau each had their own way of explaining nature, God, and autonomy. But nevertheless, they had the same views or thoughts about life. Works Cited Emerson, R.W. (1837). The American Scholar. In the tests. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16643/16643-h/16643-h.htm Thoreau, H.D. (1854). Walden; or, life in the woods. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.org/files/205/205-h/205-h.htmRetrieved from http://darla0022.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/the-american-scholar/Retrieved from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Anomalies Retrieved from http://quotes.dictionary.com/To_the_young_mind_every_thing_is_individual