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Have you ever read the works of Emerson or Thoreau. These men, among others are transcendentalists.

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Intuition is thinking with your gut or heart rather than using logic or your brain. Transcendentalists believe this is the preferred way of thinking.

Domain: Philosophy; Category: General philosophy

Thoreau is one of the leaders of transcendentalism. He strongly believed that actions should be based on your own ideas rather than what society tells you.

Domain: People; Category: Philosophers

Transcendentalism is a form of philosophical idealism as far as Plato envisioned it. In short, there is an ideal and non-ideal realm and he transcendentalism is in the ideal.

Domain: Literature; Category: General literature

Emblematic means that it acts as a symbol. Transcendentalists believed that nature acted as a symbol of our connection to our spirits.

Domain: Philosophy; Category: Political philosophy

Margaret Fuller was the first full-time American female book reviewer in journalism. She was considered of the the heads of the American transcendental movement.

Domain: People; Category: Philosophers

Franklin Benjamin Sanborn was part of the second wave of transcendentalists. He is known for being a writer of many of the key figures memoirs.

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Samuel Longfellow was part of the second wave of transcendentalists. Similar to many transcendentalists he started out as a pastor.

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