LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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Everyone is capable of understanding God through the use of intuition.
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The individual is secondary to God and nature.
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Inspiration comes from civilization and society.
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God is a distant, uninvolved being.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Individualism lies at the heart of Transcendentalism. Every individual needs to be self-reliant and thus not depend upon others if he or she is to be free and to live life fully. Self-empowerment is attained by defying the authority of “empty” conventions and senseless rules.
Detailed explanation-2: -Intuition allowed the transcendentalist to disregard external authority and to rely, instead, on direct experience. In his essay “The Transcendentalist, ” Emerson explains that transcendentalism is “Idealism as it appears in 1842.” He links it with “the very oldest thoughts” such as Buddhism.
Detailed explanation-3: -10 tenets of transcendentalist Flashcards | Quizlet.
Detailed explanation-4: -man is inherently good. man is good and if it acts in a evil way then it is due to society. individuality. celebrated the individual and looked down on conformity, also man must escape the confines of society. reliance on intuition. the oversoul. society corrupts.