Transcendentalism Overview

Transcendentalism was a philosophy within what larger literary movement?

• Puritanism

• American Romanticism

• The Enlightenment

• American Realism

Transcendentalism prompted a shift in thought, emphasizing the following:

• Reason and Logic

• Reality / Science

• Intuition and nature

• Society over the individual

Transcendentalism was a movement during which time?

• 1776-1780

• 1830-1860

• 1900-1960

• 2001-2018

The transcendentalist believed that

• Humans are born a blank slate.

• Humans are born with a sinful nature.

• Humans are born basically good.

• Humans are boring.

Which is a tenent of Transcendentalism?

• Everyone is capable of understanding God through the use of intuition.

• The individual is secondary to God and nature.

• Inspiration comes from civilization and society.

• God is a distant, uninvolved being.

Which is not a tenent of Transcendentalism?

• The individual is paramount.

• Major inspiration included nature and intuition.

• The rational is valued over the spiritual.

• God is present in every aspect of nature.

Many Transcendentalists were:

• Politicians

• Ministers and Priests

• Scientists

• Feminists and abolitionists

Which of the following was NOT a Transcendentalist?

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Henry David Thoreau

• Bronson Alcott

• Jonathon Edwards

Wrote "The American Scholar" and "Self-Reliance"

• Margaret Fuller

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Henry David Thoreau

• Benjamin Franklin

Wrote "Civil Disobedience"

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Henry David Thoreau

• Bronson Alcott

• Ghandi

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