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Transcendentalism

Transcendentalism. JOVON GLENN. BELIEF. transcendentalist believed that through nature we are connected, nature to them was there god. Other Beliefs and principles. Some other transcendentalist beliefs were in idealism, optimism, Pantheism, "Natural Supernaturalism," and Cosmic Piety.

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Transcendentalism

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  1. Transcendentalism JOVON GLENN

  2. BELIEF • transcendentalist believed that through nature we are connected, nature to them was there god

  3. Other Beliefs and principles • Some other transcendentalist beliefs were in idealism, optimism, Pantheism, "Natural Supernaturalism," and Cosmic Piety

  4. Important people • Ralph waldo emerson was a key contributer to many transcendentalist ideas

  5. meaning • Trans means across or through • Scend means ascend or elevate

  6. Ways to become close to nature • They used work, meditating, and art to become closer to nature

  7. Literary rebel • Transcendentalism was a way of rebelling against what was seen as the current situation

  8. Spiritual world • The transcendentalists believed there are two worlds material world and spiritual world

  9. Time period • Transcendentalism took place in the 19 th century from 1836-1860

  10. women • Here are some of the important women of transcendentalism • Julia ward howe, harriet martineau, margaret fuller, emily dickenson

  11. founders • Transcendentalists were mostly new englenders, from boston

  12. signs • Transcendentalists accepted the neo-Platonic conception of nature as a living mystery, full of signs - nature is symbolic

  13. ideas • Several transcendentalist ideas were ,individualism, self-improvement,, and moral protest

  14. religion • Some transcendentalists wre christians some were not, they were many different religions

  15. Civil rights movement • The civil rights movement of 1950 was directly influence by transcendentalism

  16. Animals rights • Animal rights were also influenced by transcendentalism

  17. Feminist movement • The feminist movement was also influenced by transcendentalism

  18. Ecology movement • Lastly the ecology movement was influenced by transcendentalism

  19. unitarianism • Unitarianism grew out of the Age of Reason. In contrast to the evangelical Christianity that grew in the same period, Unitarianism was never a mass movement, but its members tended to be highly educated and socially active. Thomas Jefferson and other "Founders" are often identified as Unitarians. Transcendentalism may be seen as an attempt to revive Unitarianism with greater emphasis on Romantic qualities like emotion, spirit, mystical experience, ect .

  20. sources • Some of the sources of transcendentalism • Puritanism, platinism and neo platinism, kantian metaphysics, romantism, and orientalism and mysticism

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