LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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Question
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Transcendentalism is a movement of the 1900s?
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The philosophy of transcendentalism arose in the 1830s in the eastern United States as a reaction to intellectualism. Its adherents yearned for intense spiritual experiences and sought to transcend the purely material world of reason and rationality.
Detailed explanation-2: -Transcendentalism is an American literary, philosophical, religious, and political movement of the early nineteenth century, centered around Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Detailed explanation-3: -Individualism. Transcendentalists believe that society and its institutions-particularly organized religion and political parties-corrupt the purity of the individual. They have faith that people are at their best when truly self-reliant and independent.
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