Question

Which of the following expresses a similarity between the central ideas found in Society and Solitude and Chapter I of Nature?
Both passages stress the importance of individual contemplation.
Both passages explain what makes up a solid and productive society.
Both passages discourage either too much socializing or too much solitude.
Both passages offer time spent in nature as a substitute for human company.

Answer 1

Both passages stress the importance of individual contemplation.

Both Emerson pieces emphasize solitary reflection and the individual's inward experience (in "Society and Solitude" the value of solitude for self-knowledge; in Chapter I of "Nature" the retreat into nature to perceive truth).