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Emerson
Thoreau
100
A spiritual entity that includes individual souls
What is the Over Soul?
100
A form of entertainment that involved attendance at lectures
What is the Lyceum Movement?
100
His first ordained job
What is Unitarian minister?
100
Why he went to prison
What is Non-payment of taxes?
200
An ideal society
What is Utopia?
200
An impetus that fostered the development of Transcendentalism
What is the reaction against rationalism?
200
The source of Emeron's greateat comfort
What is Nature?
200
The type of existence he enjoyed at Walden
What is Spartan?
300
A lecture in a phrase
What is an aphorism?
300
Opposition to this form of labor, most often used in the Southern states, was a hallmark of Transcendentalism
What is slavery?
300
The approach to perceiving nature that is most desireable
What is "child-like"?
300
How Thoreau thinks we should live
What is economically?
400
Better than logic, more reliable than thought
What is intuition?
400
Recognition that men and women are created equal
What is pro-feminism?
400
The most desireable personal characteristic
What is self-reliance?
400
A character trait that might make individuals difficult to control
What is independence?
500
A Transcendentalist's motivation for how he lives his life
What is perfectability?
500
Opposition to this conflict united many Transcendentalists
What is the Mexican War?
500
The least desireable form of behavior
What is conformity?
500
The best form of government
What is the government that governs least?