Natural Classicism is a work like no other- far-reaching, even visionary in its examination of the interconnectedness of nature and human endeavor. The book showcases Turner's exploration of- and attempt to integrate- principles of literature, art, music, biology, psychology, anthropology, linguistics, and aesthetics. It is Turner's contention that a nonreductive reconciliation of disciplines is possible, and he proposes a new "great chain of being" that is "evolutionary and dynamic, and both proved and empowered by the achievements of the great detour the West took through materialistic empiricism."