This version of Nature can be an 1843 revision to the popular essay written and published in 1836. In the original essay, Emerson put forth the building blocks of transcendentalism, and recommended that reality could be understood by studying character. Within the essay, Emerson divides character into four usages: Commodity, Beauty, Vocabulary and Discipline. These distinctions define how humans use nature for his or her basic requirements, their desire for delight, their conversation with each other and their understanding of the world.