Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an important founder of the transcendentalism movement. His essays and lectures helped promote the ideas of self-reliance, individuality, and the connection between humans and nature.
Transcendentalism
Transcendentalism promoted individual intuition over institutional authority, a connection to nature as a source of spiritual inspiration, and the inherent goodness of human beings. It also emphasized the importance of nonconformity and self-reliance in pursuing personal growth and truth.
Predestination is not associated with transcendentalism.
Developed in the 1820s and 1830s, transcendentalism is a religious movement. Followers of transcendentalism believe people are their best when truly independent and self-reliant.
Transcendentalism was a style of writing that emerged from the Romantic style of writing, around 1840.
Transcendentalism took place in the 1830s and 1840s, so the 19th century.
Henry David Thoreau promoted the philosophical movement transcendentalism.
Transcendentalism took place in the 1830s and 1840s, so the 19th century.
Transcendentalism took place in the 1830s and 1840s, so the 19th century.
Transcendentalism was a philosophical and literary movement in 19th-century America that emphasized individual intuition, spirituality, and a connection with nature over institutionalized religion and societal norms. Key figures of transcendentalism included Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Their works sought to promote self-reliance, nonconformity, and the belief in the inherent goodness of people and nature.
A group in the eastern region of the United States set Transcendentalism in late 1820's and 1830's.