Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, authorThe Applied Philosophy Program, publisher2007-01-032007-01-031979Rolston, Holmes, III, Nature and Human Emotions, Miller, Fred D., Jr. and Thomas W. Attig, eds., Understanding Human Emotions. Bowling Green Studies in Applied Philosophy, 1: 89-96. Bowling Green, OH: The Applied Philosophy Program, 1979.http://hdl.handle.net/10217/37197Includes bibliographical references (page 96).Our encounter with nature is as passionate as it is cognitive. We have emotions of discontinuity before a nature we resist and fear. Our centripetal self maintains its integrity against the centrifugal wildness. There are also emotions of continuity, a nature we embrace and love--our country, the hills and rivers of home. Human emotions defend the self, aloft and transcendent over nature, but they ought also fit us to the surrounding natural environment. These are emotions that we all live by; they are emotions that some of us live for.born digitalchapters (layout features)eng©1979 The Applied Philosophy Program.Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.social environmentnaturepassionemotionscognitive processesemotional processesText