General
The main beliefs of Transcendentalism
What is emotion and intuition?
The person who wrote self-reliance
Who is Emerson?
The time self-reliance was written
When was 1841?
The belief that individuals should trust their own intuition over societal conformity
What is self-reliance?
“Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.”
Who was Ralph Waldo Emerson?
Transcendentalists must move beyond this to know their own self
What is the senses and reason?
The person who wrote Civil Disobedience
Who is Thoreau?
The time Civil Disobedience was written
When was 1849?
The focus on the development of the self
What is Individualism?
“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.”
Who was Henry David Thoreau?
Impact of Transcendentalism
What are reform movements, changing literature, inspiring individualism, and environmentalism?
The person who edited The Dial
Who is Margaret Fuller?
The time the Dial was written and published
When was 1840-1844?
A sacred place to connect with God
What is Nature?
“More than five thousand million have gone to hell, while the church has been dreaming, and waiting for God to save them without the use of means.”
Who was Charles G. Finney?
Henry Thoreau’s experiment in the woods
What was his two year experiment about simple living in a cabin?
An educator who founded a school based on transcendentalist principles
Who was Amos Bronson Alcott?
When was 1834?
The tendency to break societal norms and think for yourself
What is Nonconformity?
“My voice goes after what my eyes cannot reach,
With the twirl of my tongue I encompass worlds and volumes
of worlds.”
Who was Walt Whitman?
Criticism on Transcendentalism
What is the promotion of elitism, social isolation, naivety to real problems, and lack of objective ground?
Poet associated with his works like Leaves of Grass
Who is Walt Whitman?
The time Leaves of Grass was published
When was 1855?
Philosophical and spiritual concept about a supreme and divine unity transcending individual existence and links all souls
What is Oversoul?
“The most abstract truth is the most practical.”
Who was Ralph Waldo Emerson?