LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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the divinity of nature
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the power of non-materialism
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independent thought
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the power of intuition
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Detailed explanation-1: -"Our life is frittered away by detail” refers to worry and the trivial aspects of a person’s day-to-day life.
Detailed explanation-2: -“Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail.”
Detailed explanation-3: -Our life is frittered away by detail. An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, or in extreme cases he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
Detailed explanation-4: -In that book, Thoreau says, “Simplify, simplify.” I think we often go through life exhausted because we take on too many things, bring too much complexity to our days, and don’t have time to enjoy life. We are in need of simplifying our lives. I learned this when I was in college, and it changed my life.