Origins
Started Transcendentalism
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit"
What is "Nature"
Advancements in this, only cause more problems for society
What is technology
"There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide..."
What is Self-Reliance
Lived in a cabin on Walden pond for two years
Henry David Thoreau
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life..."
What is "Walden"
The belief that these three things are all interconnected
What is humans, nature, and a higher power
"In the woods is perpetual youth"
What is connection to nature
Transcendentalists believe in a higher power, but the study of it is not considered a
Religion
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote about this; how one should trust in themselves
What is self-reliance
"Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs"
What is "I Hear America Singing"
Transcendentalism mostly criticized society for this
What is conforming/corrupting
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!!!! "I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love"
What is connection to nature
Transcendentalism is seen as one of the first
What is truly American literary movement
Wrote about how one will be productive and happy if you enjoy your station in life
Who is Walt Whitman
"The past and present wilt-I have filled them, emptied them..."
What is "Song of Myself"
Transcendentalists see the world as it could be
What is idealism
"We do not ride upon the railroad; it rides upon us..."
What is a rejection of technology
Transcend means to
What is go beyond the natural world as we see it
3 famous transcendentalists
Who are Ralph Waldo Emmerson, Henry Thoreau, and Walt Whitman
"Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members"
What is "Self-Reliance"
Transcendentalists believe knowledge comes from
What is experience
"Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else..."
What is self-reliance/nonconformity