本篇文章試著例證愛默生對尼采的影響以及這兩位思想家間令人訝異的相似性－兩人皆視自然為人類之道德指引。然而，對愛默生而言，自然是撫慰人心的道德秩序根源，對尼采來說，自然卻是揮豁無度、沒有效率、沒有理智、也沒有道德秩序或意義的，而且尼采還要我們仿效自然和「對所有價值觀做重新審視」的超人。根據尼采，我們往往缺乏「回歸自然」的力量（權力慾望）。文末指出尼采的自然道德哲學如何可以被應用在治療的╱輔道的情況來幫助人們處理各種形式的失落。

　　　　　This paper essays to demonstrate the influence of Emerson on Nietzsche and the surprising consonance between the two thinkers-both viewing Nature as man's moral guide. However, whereas for Emerson Nature is a soothing source of moral order, for Nietzsche Nature is in fact profligate, inefficient, irrational and without moral order or meaning, and Nietzsche would have us emulate Nature and the Uebermensch in his/her "transvaluation of all values," According to Nietzsche we usually lack the strength ("Will to Power") for this "return to Nature." The concluding part of the paper indicates how Nietzsche's philosophy of natural morality might be used in a therapeutic/counseling situation to help people deal with various forms of loss.