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Detailed explanation-1: -The transcendentalists were not content with the sobriety, mildness, and calm rationalism of Unitarianism. Instead, they longed for a more intense spiritual experience. Thus, transcendentalism was not born as a counter-movement to Unitarianism, but as a parallel movement to the very ideas introduced by the Unitarians.

Detailed explanation-2: -The philosophy of transcendentalism originated in Unitarianism, the predominant religious movement in Boston in the early 19th century. Unitarianism was a liberal Christian sect that emphasized rationality, reason, and intellectualism; it was especially popular at Harvard.

Detailed explanation-3: -As I mentioned, Transcendentalism is closely related to Unitarianism, which was the dominant religious movement in Boston in the early nineteenth century. But the transcendentalists felt restless and discontent with the sobriety, mildness, and calm rationalism of Unitarianism.

Detailed explanation-4: -The transcendentalist movement encompassed many beliefs, but these all fit into their three main values of individualism, idealism, and the divinity of nature.