engagement, embodied human beings

[cmabill]

As he is aware of his own sublime communion with all things, nature becomes an inspiring force of rapture, a power that reveals the workings of the soul. To Wordsworth, nature acts as a substitute for imaginative and intellectual engagement with the development of embodied human beings in their diverse circumstances.

is there anyone who could simplify the sentence after " substitute for" and what is exact meaning of engagement in here? thank you.

 

[owlman5]

Hello, cmabill.

I'm sorry, but that sentence looks like long-winded, pretentious nonsense to me. If I had to paraphrase it for some reason, I suppose I'd say that Wordsworth looks at nature as a substitute for the interaction of humans in civilized environments.

Though I've read a few poems by Wordsworth in my day, I never got that message from those poems.

 

[cmabill]

Hello Owlman5

thank you for your comment and explanation, I am not sure where this paragraph originally comes from, but someone ask the meaning on internet and I find it's a little complicated and hard to interpret it.

your answer is very helpful and informed that I should not pay much attention to such pretentious sentences. thank you. ,