ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following statements best describes the philosophy of Transcendentalism?
A
A spiritual connection to nature, and an inherent belief in the positive power of the individual.
B
A spiritual connection to nature, and an inherent mistrust in the power of the individual.
C
A religious zeal for nature and a belief in the power of organized religion.
D
A spiritual connection to both nature and the study of history.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -: a philosophy that emphasizes the a priori conditions of knowledge and experience or the unknowable character of ultimate reality or that emphasizes the transcendent as the fundamental reality. : a philosophy that asserts the primacy of the spiritual and transcendental over the material and empirical.

Detailed explanation-4: -Simplistic Living. Self-Reliance. Importance of Nature. Spirituality. Spirituality. Simplistic Living. Self-Reliance.

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