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- the perception of nature's beauty lies partly in the structure of the eye itself, and in the laws of light.
- every object in nature has its own beauty, which is magnified when perspective allows comprehensive vision of the whole.
- 3 properties of natural beauty: restores, works with the spiritual element in man, to stimulate the human intellect
- art: the result or expression of nature, in miniature"

Commodity:
- he treats the most basic uses of nature — for heat, food, water, shelter, and transportation. Although he ranks these as low uses, and states that they are the only applications that most men have for nature, they are perfect and appropriate in their own way.
- man harnesses nature through the practical arts, thereby enhancing its usefulness through his own wit.

Nature:
- describes true solitude as going out into nature and leaving behind all preoccupying activities as well as society.
- When a man gazes at the stars, he becomes aware of his own separateness from the material world
- Unlike children, most adults have lost the ability to see the world in this way.
- Nature offers perpetual youth and joy, and counteracts whatever misfortune
- sympathy, between man and nature

Introduction:
- defines nature (the "NOT ME") as everything separate from the inner individual
- In common usage, nature refers to the material world unchanged by man.
- Art is nature in combination with the will of man

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Crying, sobbing, wtf Sarah

How do I go on after chapter 54? Sarah is a literal genius, tied the entire plot together in one single chapter, made sooo many connections in one single chapter idk. All the little bread crumbs throughout the book, the fine details she gave us all came together, it reframes EVERYTHING we know before this chapter. So satisfying, emotional, how tf do I go on with my life after this book?