1. Transcendentalism

2. Where did it take place?

3. What does transcend mean?
To rise above

4. And it fits with the title because. . .
Everyone has the power to “transcend” the seeming confusion and chaos of the world and understand nature’s signs.

5. Transcendentalism
An intellectual movement focused on the spiritual discovery to help reform society.
Rejected traditional religion
Emerson
Thoreau

6. Characteristics Heart vs. Reason
Humans are naturally good vs. Original sin
Inward vs. Public Searching
Self-Reliant vs. Conformity

7. Main Ideas of Transcendentalism
Process of spiritual discovery and insight would lead a person to truths more profound than could be reached through reason.
Humans are naturally good.
Private inward searching
Self reliance
Lead moral lives which would help reform society

8. Further Ideas
Fundamental truths of existence lay outside the reach of the senses and could be grasped only through intuition.
Deep interest in the natural world and its relationship to humanity
If you carefully observe nature, you can see the human spirit reflected in the natural world

9. MOST IMPORTANT IDEA
All forms of being –God, nature, and humanity –are spiritually united through a shared universal soul:
The Over-Soul

10. God, nature, and humanity are all part of one whole.
The Over-Soul
God, nature, and humanity are all part of one whole.