Even though human beings have inhabited the earth for thousands of years, they have been struggling to discover the most proper way of relating themselves with the world. The worsening condition of the earth is powerful evidence of the failure of human beings---especially those deteriorated by modernity---to build and maintain a healthy and sustainable relationship with the earth.
This research paper analyzes the philosophical ideas of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Martin Heidegger, and Native American people in North America. The analysis of each philosophy is concentrated on how the world is perceived and in what manner(s) human beings should relate with the world. The method used in this research is a textual and philosophical analysis in which various texts and ideas produced by the three parties are examined. One idea will be juxtaposed and critically engaged with another in order to produce a philosophical dialogue in which the vital concepts from within each philosophy can communicate with one another. In the end, a concise conclusion defines the ideal world and relationship that man should build with the world. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
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