Transcendent Basics
Transcendentalism is a reaction and rejection to the rationalism of the Enlightenment, choosing to instead focus on emotion and this...
Intuition
Fill in the blank and explain:
Emerson says that, "In the woods, too, a man casts off his years as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life is always a _____"
Child
Emerson finds himself with a childlike sense of wonder and optimism in the wilderness, with a new sense of discovery he has never had previously.
In "Concord Hymn", what Transcendentalist Philosophy does Emerson believe the Founding Father's Embodied
Individualism
What does Thoreau believe, "keeps the country free.... Settles the west....educates...engages in trade..." is not the government, but rather the _
The American People (Or the American Spirit)
What life event brought on Emerson's conversion to Transendentalism?
The death of his wife
While most groups of artists are grouped together by their styles, the transcendentalists are not, instead they are grouped together by their shared...
Philosophy
Fill in the Blank and Explain: Emerson says that we must exercise caution in our interactions with the natural world, as often "Nature wears the colors of mans ______"
Spirit (or emotion)
The meaning that man finds in nature is often based on their own individual experiences- our own emotions change the way we perceive nature’s messages, and that isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
Finish the following quote: The men who fought against the British in the first battles of the revolutionary war are remembered as "Firing the _____ _____ _____ ____ ______ "
"...Shot Heard Round the World"
What did Thoreau enjoy the most about the location of the Hollowell Farm?
Isolation
Why did Thoreau quit his first career path?
He refused to enforce Corporal punishment
This core Transcendentalist tenet that God created us to follow our own unique path.
Individualism
Fill in the blank and explain:
"Envy is ________ and Imitation is _________"
Envy is Ignorance and Imitation is suicide
When you are jealous of someone else, you are ignorant to the best parts of yourself, and when you imitate someone else, you are killing the unique individual that you are.
"Concord Hymn" was written to commemorate these two battles that signified the beginning of the revolutionary war.
Battles of Lexington and Concord
What did Thoreau stop the owners of the Hollowell farm from doing while he was considering purchasing it
Making Improvements
Why was Henry David Thoreau arrested in 1846
Refusal to pay Taxes
Based on the ideas of individualism, this belief is the idea that each individual has their own path to follow and goal to reach, known as this
Transcendent Destiny
"No Kernal of nourishing corn can come to him but through his _____ bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till.
What virtue is Emerson trying to encourage with his analogy of the kernel of corn in "Self-Reliance"
Toil
Hard-work and determination
In "The Rhodora", Emerson argues for this belief, which states that there is inherent value in beauty, and that beauty can exist for its own sake.
Aestheticism
In "Civil Disobedience" Thoreau says, "That Government is best which governs ______"
"Least"
or
"Not at All"
What was Henry David Thoreau protesting when he was arrested in 1846
The Mexican-American War (And also Slavery)