1. Transcendentalism

2. What is it? Literary and philosophical movement
Asserted existence of a spiritual reality
Transcends science and promotes intuition

3. The Foundations Founded in New England
Lead mostly by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau
Immanuel Kant’s work Critique of Pure Reason (1781).
“The physical world serves humanity by providing commodity, beauty, language, and discipline.” -Emerson

4. Beliefs Spiritual life with emphasis on intuition and individuality
Rejected ideas society
Nature, unity of religions, and disregard for external authorities
“There is no distinction between God, men, and things for they are all participants of the One.” -Thoreau

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson! Lived a tragic life Turned to spirituality
Influenced by Thomas Earlyle
Gained a large following
Including Thoreau
Intellectual accomplishment

6. Henry David Thoreau Emerson was his greatest influence
Naturalist/ Moral Philosopher
Emerson was his greatest influence
Graduated from Harvard
Served time in jail
Walden Pond “experiment”
“Simplify, simplify”

7. Margaret Fuller The Dial “Conversations” Advocate for women's rights
Well educated
4 languages
The Dial
Nonconformist
“Conversations”
Plain

8. The Dial Journal published from 1840 to 1929
Edited by Margaret Fuller and Emerson
Literature, philosophy, and religion
“discussion of principles, rather than at the promotion of measures”

9. Works Cited
American Transcendentalism Club. 23 February November 2010
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Immanuel Kant. The Critique Of Pure Reason World Book Advanced. Web. 5 Nov. 2010
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