LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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nature is there to be used by human beings
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nature is awe-inspiring and reflects spirituality
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nature is unstable and changes too much
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nature is the origin of evil
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Transcendentalists revered nature in a divine sense. Nature was not subordinate to them, but instead nature was the other part of a symbiotic relationship. This analogy is the creed of the transcendental view of nature and of man as individual.
Detailed explanation-2: -Transcendentalists advocated the idea of a personal knowledge of God, believing that no intermediary was needed for spiritual insight. They embraced idealism, focusing on nature and opposing materialism.
Detailed explanation-3: -Some, known as transcendentalists, believed that there was an inherent good in both humans and nature. This inherent good was referred to as the universal soul. Every human being possessed the universal soul and it was their duty to express it.
Detailed explanation-4: -The belief that man must go beyond (transcend) the physical and material world to get in touch with God through nature.