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

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Transcendentalist were optimistic. They believed that given the choice between doing good and doing evil humans will choose doing good. This is a key concept of transcendentalism.

Domain: Literature; Category: General literature

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

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

An abolitionist is a person who fights against slavery. Most transcendentalists were abolitionists because they believed all men should be free.

Domain: Education; Category: Knowledge

Walden is one of Thoreau's best known books encompassing the idea of self sufficiency and man's ability to commune with nature.

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Most transcendentalists were people who identified with being Unitarian at one time. Many transcendentalists were at one point Unitarian pastors.

Domain: Religion; Category: General religion

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