As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “ All life is an experiment… The more experiments you make the better”() With like minded thinkers such as Henry David Thoreau, and Margaret Fuller in the helm of the nineteenth century, Transcendentalist was formed. In Emerson’s essay Self Reliance, the term trandsentalist was first used. Transcendentalists tenants believed in a complex universe of relationships. Transcendentalists believe the universe is held together by a man’s relationships with God, Society, and himself
To start, Transcendentalists valued the relationship between man and God. In Nature, Emerson is able to comprehend his own existence in the vast world. He writes, “I see all; the currents of the Universal being circulate through me; I …show more content…
In a society, each individual has an important role. Thoreau proclaims, “ If a man does not keep pace with his companions,/ perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the/ music he hears, however measured or far away”(189-191 Walden). A society is not a collective where all members are forced into conformity. But rather a society is a balance of different people with different ideas. Additionally, Thoreau show how individuals can change their county. He Preaches,“Cast your whole/ vote not a strip of paper merely, but your whole influence A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority”( Civil Disobedience lines 127-128). As an individual in society all people have the ability to improve their society and make changes. An individual can only be productive when all …show more content…
Fuller depicted the tale of an independant woman in the nineteenth century. She says, “ This self dependence, which was honored me, is deprecated as a fault in most women” (43-44 Women in the nineteenth Century Margaret Fuller). While this quote shows the reliance that people have in themselves, it further shows someone expressing a view that was not popular. By expresses her own view, Fuller further shows her strength of character as an individual expressing her views in society. Additionally, simplicity is a way in which people can connect to each other. Thorough explains his motives for living in the woods. He says, “I wished to live deliberately, to front only/ the essential facts of life,and see If I could not learn what it had to teach,/ and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived”(24-27 Waldin). In the simpler lifestyle that Thoreau creates for himself he successfully improves the quality of his life by removing unneeded complexities and stress. By abiding to live a simpler lifestyle individuals can live more connected to their own
To start, Transcendentalists valued the relationship between man and God. In Nature, Emerson is able to comprehend his own existence in the vast world. He writes, “I see all; the currents of the Universal being circulate through me; I …show more content…
In a society, each individual has an important role. Thoreau proclaims, “ If a man does not keep pace with his companions,/ perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the/ music he hears, however measured or far away”(189-191 Walden). A society is not a collective where all members are forced into conformity. But rather a society is a balance of different people with different ideas. Additionally, Thoreau show how individuals can change their county. He Preaches,“Cast your whole/ vote not a strip of paper merely, but your whole influence A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority”( Civil Disobedience lines 127-128). As an individual in society all people have the ability to improve their society and make changes. An individual can only be productive when all …show more content…
Fuller depicted the tale of an independant woman in the nineteenth century. She says, “ This self dependence, which was honored me, is deprecated as a fault in most women” (43-44 Women in the nineteenth Century Margaret Fuller). While this quote shows the reliance that people have in themselves, it further shows someone expressing a view that was not popular. By expresses her own view, Fuller further shows her strength of character as an individual expressing her views in society. Additionally, simplicity is a way in which people can connect to each other. Thorough explains his motives for living in the woods. He says, “I wished to live deliberately, to front only/ the essential facts of life,and see If I could not learn what it had to teach,/ and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived”(24-27 Waldin). In the simpler lifestyle that Thoreau creates for himself he successfully improves the quality of his life by removing unneeded complexities and stress. By abiding to live a simpler lifestyle individuals can live more connected to their own