Rather than being different, transcendentalism and romanticism could be said to be relative to each other. As they both grew as a reaction to the rapid evolution of the world (industrial revolution, French revolution), they could be said to revolve around reclaiming of the individual and the basics of the world. This shows in both of these literary ideas strongly encouraging the concept of nature and natural thought processes of man. Going back to the basic notions of all men being equal and the nature being essential to life, the view on God had shifted from an omnipotent force that judges everyone at all times (e.g. hereditary sin) to a transcendent concept which sees man’s imperfections as a sign of constant development.
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