ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to the SIX TENETS we reviewed, Transcendentalists believed that what was the highest form of the soul?
A
human intuition
B
human individuality
C
natural experience
D
simplification
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Transcendentalists valued individualism and self-reliance Ralph Waldo Emerson was its putative leader. Henry David Thoreau and Margaret Fuller were among the principals of the movement. The Transcendentalists believed there is a divine spirit in nature and in every living soul.

Detailed explanation-2: -The oversoul is a universal spirit or universal being that connects all living things. Transcendentalists believed in the soul, and believed that each individual’s soul was a part of a universal soul. When we die, our soul returns to the oversoul.

Detailed explanation-3: -Transcendentalist Values. Transcendentalists believed in numerous values, however they can all be condensed into three basic, essential values: individualism, idealism, and the divinity of nature.

Detailed explanation-4: -over-soul. All forms of being are spiritually united through a shared universal soul. democracy of spiritual truth. Every human being has moral sense and intuitive capacity to understand and possess spiritual truths. truth in nature. societal reform. self-trust. need for simplicity in life. carpe diem. truth in nature. More items

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