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Transcendentalism

Transcendentalism. Time Period. Mid 1800s American Renaissance - technological growth - publishing increased - reading audience increased Optimism New Ideas - God - people - nature - society. Transcendentalism Intellectual movement Elements of r eligion and philosophy.

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Transcendentalism

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  1. Transcendentalism

  2. Time Period • Mid 1800s • American Renaissance • - technological growth • - publishing increased • - reading audience increased • Optimism • New Ideas • -God • - people • - nature • - society

  3. Transcendentalism • Intellectual movement • Elements of religion and philosophy • 1. The view that basic truths of the universe lie beyond the knowledge we obtain from our senses • 2. The view that there is a spiritual unity of all forms of being. God, humanity, and nature sharing a Universal Soul.

  4. 3. The view that intuition is the highest power of the soul. - never reasons - never proves - simply perceives • 4. The view that nature, the human, and the spirit are all interwoven and part of a perfect whole.

  5. Puritan Traditions

  6. Romantic Traditions • Value of individualism • Focus on Nature • Explored mysteries of • human personality

  7. Transcendentalists Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David Thoreau • Small group – mostly friends of Emerson • Concord, MA • In constant search of inspiration/insight • Great faith in goodness of natural world • Trying to reach self-awareness and human understanding

  8. We will read… Self-Reliance Civil Disobedience Walden Nature “The American Scholar”

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