Transcendentalism

TR AN S C EN D EN TALI

S MC H EN TIANEM ILY

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KR IS TEN LO N GS TEP H AN IE H E

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U n d e r s t a n d in g H u m a n N a t u r e

C o m m o n Va lu e s

C e n t r a l B e lie f s

Ap p r o a c h t oAr t sC O N TEN TS

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Ap p r o a c h t oAr t sC O N TEN TS


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Central Beliefs




-TR AN S C EN Ap p r e c ia t io n o fL it e r a t u r e

Ap p r o a c h t oAr t sD EN TALIS M



Central Beliefs

-TR AN S C EN" [ Wh o s o w o u ld b e a m a n o r

.] w o m a n e d m u s t b e an o n c o n f o rm is t… N o t h in g is

a t la s t s a c r e d b u t t h e ."a u t h o r it y o f y o u r o w n m in d

D EN TALIS M G o in g b e y o n d g o d


Central Beliefs

Th e r e la t io n s o f t h e s o u l t o t h e , d iv in e s p ir it a r e s o p u r e t h a t it is . p r o f a n e t o s e e k t o in t e r p o s e h e lp s ”

S e lf R e lia n c e ”

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D EN TALIS M


Determining Truth

In t u it io n &K n o w le d g e

R e lig io u s t e x t s F r o m p h ilo s o p h e r s


Understanding Human Nature

O b je c t iv is m

U n it y


Common Values

In d iv id u a lit y

.U N ITY

. .?D e a t h

“ .S ELF R ELIAN C E ”

Ap p r e c ia t io n o fL it e r a t u r e

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates

to that iron string. Accept theplace the divine providence has

found for you, the society of your Contemporaries.

And we are now men, and must accept in

the highest mind the same transcendent destiny;

and not minors and invalids in a protected corner,

Appreciation of Literature

“ E v e r y h e r o B e c o m e s a b o r e a t

.la s t ”

R a lp h Wa ld oEm e r s o n

O p e n n e s s o f /Th e m in d s p ir it

Not cowards fleeing before a revolution, but guides,

redeemers, and benefactors, obeying

the Almighty effort, and advancing on Chaos and the Dark.

Ap p r e c ia t io n o fL it e r a t u r e

, ,Th o u g h lo v e r e p in e a n d r e a s o n c h a f e –Th e r e c a m e a v o ic e w it h o u t r e p ly

’“ ’ ,T is m a n s p e r d it io n t o b e s a f e

Appreciation of Literature

Wh e n f o r t r u t h .H e o u g h t t o d ie ”

Ap p r o a c h t oAr t s

Approach to A r t s

G e o r g e In n e s s

1825-1894

Ap p r o a c h t oAr t s

Approach to A r t s

Th o m a s C o le

18 0 1 -1 8 4 8


Understanding the Past

H e n r y D a v id

Wa r

THOREAU


Understanding the Past

O r ig in a t e d in?D e u t s c h

E d u c a t io n

CharacteristicsISM CHARTISM CHART

Historicalbackground

ISM CHARTISM CHART

Writers

ISM CHARTISM CHART

Works of Literature

ISM CHARTISM CHART

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