Transcendentalism
Published on Mar 16, 2016
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Transcendentalism
cultural movement, known as American Renaissance, about 1835-1860
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Roots of Transcendentalism
- Immauel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, 1781
- German and English Romanticism
- Neo-Platoism
- Deism
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more Roots of Transcendentalism
- Scottish Common Sense
- American Protestantism and Idealism
- Hinduism and other Eastern religions and philosophies
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The individual is important, inherently good, and has free will.
Conscience, intuition, and morality are present at birth.
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The basic truths of existence and human kind's place in the universe lie beyond the knowledge we obtain from our senses.
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The basic truths of existence and human kind's place in the universe lie beyond the knowledge we obtain from our senses.
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Intuition is the tool the individual must use to transcend sensory knowledge and perceive these basic truths.
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God is considered to be the Universal Soul, or the Over-Soul, present throughout Nature.
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One of the best ways to find our genius and connect with the Over-Soul is by contemplating and studying Nature.
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