Transcendental Club

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19th-century organization discussion group intellectual circle philosophical society

The Transcendental Club was a 19th-century intellectual circle in New England that gathered writers and philosophers like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau to discuss and promote transcendentalist ideas.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Transcendental Club canonical 8
Concord literary circle 2
American Transcendentalist circle 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century organization ⓘ
discussion group ⓘ
intellectual circle ⓘ
philosophical society ⓘ
basedOn Eastern religious ideas (indirectly through members) ⓘ
German idealism ⓘ
Romanticism ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved early 1840s ⓘ
fieldOfWork literature ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
religion ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
genre philosophical discussion ⓘ
hasMember Bronson Alcott ⓘ
Elizabeth Peabody ⓘ
Frederic Henry Hedge ⓘ
George Ripley ⓘ
Henry David Thoreau ⓘ
Henry Hedge ⓘ
James Freeman Clarke ⓘ
Margaret Fuller ⓘ
Orestes Brownson ⓘ
Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ
Theodore Parker ⓘ
hasParticipant Transcendentalism ⓘ
surface form: New England transcendentalists
hasPurpose critique of Unitarian orthodoxy ⓘ
discussion of transcendentalist ideas ⓘ
exploration of intuition and spiritual experience ⓘ
promotion of transcendentalism ⓘ
inception 1836 ⓘ
influenced American literature ⓘ
American philosophy ⓘ
American religious thought ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston

New England ⓘ
mainSubject Transcendentalist philosophy ⓘ
individualism ⓘ
nature and spirituality ⓘ
religious reform ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
meetingPlace Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
Concord, Massachusetts ⓘ
movement Transcendentalism ⓘ
notableWork The Dial ⓘ
religiousOrientation Unitarian context ⓘ
significantEvent informal founding meeting in 1836 in Boston ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ

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Transcendentalism → associatedOrganization → Transcendental Club ⓘ
Elizabeth Peabody → partOf → Transcendental Club ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Transcendentalist circle
Sophia Peabody → memberOf → Transcendental Club ⓘ
this entity surface form: Transcendentalist circle
Theodore Parker → memberOf → Transcendental Club ⓘ
Margaret Fuller → associatedWith → Transcendental Club ⓘ
Bronson Alcott → memberOf → Transcendental Club ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England Transcendentalist circle
George Ripley → memberOf → Transcendental Club ⓘ
Old Manse → associatedWith → Transcendental Club ⓘ
this entity surface form: Concord literary circle
chapter "Spirit" → authorMovement → Transcendental Club ⓘ
subject surface form: Spirit (chapter of Emerson's Nature)
Frederic Henry Hedge → memberOf → Transcendental Club ⓘ
Henry Hedge → memberOf → Transcendental Club ⓘ
Ellery Channing → memberOf → Transcendental Club ⓘ
this entity surface form: Concord literary circle
Concord → hasLiteraryAssociation → Transcendental Club ⓘ
subject surface form: Concord, Massachusetts