This workproposes an original philosophy of nature, contributes to our understanding of two of America's greatest philosophers, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Charles S. Peirce, and examines the philosophical expressions of the art of nineteenth-century American landscape painting.

Nicholas L. Guardiano is a philosopher and research specialist overseeing the American philosophy collection at the Morris Library archives.

Chapter 1: Poetic Sights/Sites of Nature
Chapter 2: The Trichotomic Logic of the Universe
Chapter 3: The Aesthetic Consequences of Cosmology
Chapter 4: The Philosophy of Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Painting
Chapter 5: Conclusion: Transcendentalist Vistas