Sometimes transcendentalism is one of those words people hear and recognize, but are not really sure what it means. So what does transcendentalism mean anyways? According to Merriam Webster transcendentalism is “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.” When someone holds a transcendental view in philosophy, they are “concerned with the…intuitive basis of knowledge as independent of experience.”
Transcendentalism is a philosophical and literary movement that took place in the 1800s. These people believed that there is a knowledge that goes beyond what we can determine by our senses. They believed that this knowledge comes from intuition and imagination. They set aside facts and common sense for ideas and imagination. Through this imagination, they saw all things as beautiful and all life as interconnected. The transcendentalists taught that when someone thinks in categories of time, space, and causation, it hurts them. Imagination allows us to lift our souls above the conflicts and struggles of the world. When looking at the world in this way, we see it as …show more content…
He denied he was a transcendentalist, but he is viewed to be the primary exponent of this philosophy. Emerson was the leader of the Transcendentalist Club. He was educated at Harvard. His essay “The American Scholar” encouraged the people to be themselves. He said that it was time to look to themselves for inspiration and not to Europe. Emerson believed in the limitless potential of everyone. He said "we will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds...A nation of men will for the first time exist, because each believes himself inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all
Transcendentalism is a philosophical and literary movement that took place in the 1800s. These people believed that there is a knowledge that goes beyond what we can determine by our senses. They believed that this knowledge comes from intuition and imagination. They set aside facts and common sense for ideas and imagination. Through this imagination, they saw all things as beautiful and all life as interconnected. The transcendentalists taught that when someone thinks in categories of time, space, and causation, it hurts them. Imagination allows us to lift our souls above the conflicts and struggles of the world. When looking at the world in this way, we see it as …show more content…
He denied he was a transcendentalist, but he is viewed to be the primary exponent of this philosophy. Emerson was the leader of the Transcendentalist Club. He was educated at Harvard. His essay “The American Scholar” encouraged the people to be themselves. He said that it was time to look to themselves for inspiration and not to Europe. Emerson believed in the limitless potential of everyone. He said "we will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds...A nation of men will for the first time exist, because each believes himself inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all