Transcendentalism

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Transcendentalism is a 19th-century American philosophical and literary movement that emphasized individual intuition, spiritual insight, and the inherent goodness of people and nature in opposition to materialism and institutional authority.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century movement
American philosophical movement
intellectual movement
literary movement
philosophical movement
religious movement
associatedOrganization Transcendental Club
associatedPublication The Dial
associatedWork Civil Disobedience
Nature
surface form: Nature (essay)

Self-Reliance
Walden; or, Life in the Woods
surface form: Walden

Woman in the Nineteenth Century
centeredIn Boston, Massachusetts
Concord, Massachusetts
coreBelief immanence of the divine in nature
inherent goodness of nature
inherent goodness of people
moral idealism
nonconformity
primacy of individual intuition
self-reliance
spiritual insight over empirical evidence
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
emphasizes direct relationship with the divine
education and intellectual growth
individual conscience
nature as a source of truth
personal spiritual experience
social reform
hasKeyConcept civil disobedience
correspondence between nature and spirit
inner light
the Over-Soul
hasKeyFigure Bronson Alcott
Elizabeth Peabody
surface form: Elizabeth Palmer Peabody

George Ripley
Henry David Thoreau
Margaret Fuller
Orestes Brownson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Theodore Parker
influenced American civil rights activism
American environmental thought
American individualism
American literature
Gandhian nonviolent resistance
abolitionism
social reform movements
women's rights movement
influencedBy Eastern religions
German idealism
surface form: German Idealism

Hindu philosophy
Immanuel Kant
Platonism
Romanticism
Unitarianism
language English
mainRegion New England
opposes institutional authority
materialism
orthodox Calvinism
strict rationalism
periodOfActivity 1830s
1840s

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Love literaryMovement Transcendentalism
subject surface form: Love (essay)
Love philosophicalInfluence Transcendentalism
subject surface form: Love (essay)
this entity surface form: American Transcendentalism
Prudence philosophicalTradition Transcendentalism
Circles movement Transcendentalism
Circles philosophicalContext Transcendentalism
this entity surface form: American Transcendentalism
Plato; or, the Philosopher literaryMovement Transcendentalism
Montaigne; or, the Skeptic literaryMovement Transcendentalism
Shakespeare; or, the Poet literaryMovement Transcendentalism
Goethe; or, the Writer philosophicalContext Transcendentalism
this entity surface form: American_Transcendentalism
Civilization movement Transcendentalism
subject surface form: Civilization (essay)
Civilization influencedBy Transcendentalism
subject surface form: Civilization (essay)
this entity surface form: New England transcendentalism
Courage literaryMovement Transcendentalism
subject surface form: Courage (essay)
Success literaryMovement Transcendentalism
subject surface form: Success (essay)
Considerations by the Way literaryMovement Transcendentalism
Beauty philosophicalMovement Transcendentalism
subject surface form: Beauty (essay)
Sartor Resartus influenced Transcendentalism
this entity surface form: American Transcendentalism
Experience movement Transcendentalism
subject surface form: Experience (essay)
Manners philosophicalMovement Transcendentalism
Manners literaryMovement Transcendentalism
Gifts literaryMovement Transcendentalism
subject surface form: Gifts (essay)
Gifts philosophicalTradition Transcendentalism
subject surface form: Gifts (essay)
this entity surface form: American Transcendentalism
New England Reformers movement Transcendentalism
Channing movement Transcendentalism
subject surface form: William Ellery Channing (poet)
William Ellery Channing influenced Transcendentalism
this entity surface form: American Transcendentalism
The Poet movement Transcendentalism
The Poet philosophicalTradition Transcendentalism
this entity surface form: American Transcendentalism
The Poet associatedWith Transcendentalism
this entity surface form: New England Transcendentalism
The Dial (as a publisher and distributor) movement Transcendentalism
subject surface form: The Dial (1840–1844)
this entity surface form: American transcendentalism
George William Curtis influencedBy Transcendentalism
New England literary culture influencedBy Transcendentalism
Frank Sanborn movement Transcendentalism
Frank Sanborn notableAssociation Transcendentalism
this entity surface form: Transcendentalist movement
Frank Sanborn ideology Transcendentalism
Brook Farm inspiredBy Transcendentalism
Chapter III: A Knot of Dreamers theme Transcendentalism
this entity surface form: American transcendentalism
Authors' Ridge associatedWithMovement Transcendentalism
Sermons of Religion movement Transcendentalism
Theodore Parker’s Prayers associatedWith Transcendentalism
this entity surface form: American transcendentalism
Papers on Literature and Art associatedWith Transcendentalism
this entity surface form: American Transcendentalism
Emerson’s collected essays hasInfluenceOn Transcendentalism
this entity surface form: Transcendentalist movement
“The Great Lawsuit: Man versus Men, Woman versus Women” associatedWith Transcendentalism
subject surface form: The Great Lawsuit: Man versus Men, Woman versus Women
this entity surface form: American transcendentalist movement
Frederic Henry Hedge movement Transcendentalism
Frederic Henry Hedge influenced Transcendentalism
this entity surface form: American Transcendentalism
Henry Hedge movement Transcendentalism