Transcendentalism is a movement in literature, philosophy and religion among a specific kind of people in the 19 century, (1820’s-1830’s), that reflected a new way of thinking about the purity among people and nature. Among these thinkers, based mainly in Harvard University, were Margaret Fuller, Henry David Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson saw transcendentalism as a way of connecting you with yourself, with your dreams, desires, who you really are, with peace, nature and it was believed that the only way to find transcendentalism was to make or create our own path to reach it. It was a Philosophy in which spiritual and transcending was more important than material and hypothetical beliefs. It believed that society, politics, buildings,
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The most basic ideal of transcendentalism was simplicity. Thoreau felt as though a person would live a good life if they followed their instincts and good conscience, he also thought that materialism was a way of corrupting a person from living a good and moral life. Thoreau thought that people and society was turning into a modern world with mindless detail and he thought that the only way to stop it was leaving everything behind that he thought wasn't necessary and then moved to Walden Pond, where he would be self-reliant, connect with nature and have only what he needed, the essentials. Like most transcendentalists Thoreau believed that there was a direct connection to god thought nature and if there person were to understand and appreciate nature they would gain a better understanding of God. Transcendentalism upheld the wholesomeness of nature and believed in the goodness of humanity which in a way implicated the importance free individual expression or freewill. It became somewhat of a religion and political movement that focused on principles not based on physical experiences but on the inner spirituality of the person. They believed that a person who is not self-reliant was considered corrupted and his purity was no longer a part of God’s soul, Transcendentalism was based around god. Emerson believed that society was to …show more content…
Like sustainability, Transcendentalism focused on what you needed and how you should only do and have what was necessary for you to survive and reach transcendentalism. Basically a person who is following the trying to cut back on what is considered a luxury and only obtaining what was actually needed and nothing more. It represents humans survival in reference to nature, exactly what Transcendentalism, according to Thoreau and Emerson, is defined as. Sustainability covers basic survival that raises the question of man-made objects and how they would contribute to our lives without the presence of our natural environment. It coexists with environmentalism, considering the incorporation of non-human elements into our daily lives. The ideals behind Transcendentalism are to keep away from material and man-made elements and to ‘transcend’ into oneness with nature and comparing it to environmentalism seems to be the most fitting to the
The most basic ideal of transcendentalism was simplicity. Thoreau felt as though a person would live a good life if they followed their instincts and good conscience, he also thought that materialism was a way of corrupting a person from living a good and moral life. Thoreau thought that people and society was turning into a modern world with mindless detail and he thought that the only way to stop it was leaving everything behind that he thought wasn't necessary and then moved to Walden Pond, where he would be self-reliant, connect with nature and have only what he needed, the essentials. Like most transcendentalists Thoreau believed that there was a direct connection to god thought nature and if there person were to understand and appreciate nature they would gain a better understanding of God. Transcendentalism upheld the wholesomeness of nature and believed in the goodness of humanity which in a way implicated the importance free individual expression or freewill. It became somewhat of a religion and political movement that focused on principles not based on physical experiences but on the inner spirituality of the person. They believed that a person who is not self-reliant was considered corrupted and his purity was no longer a part of God’s soul, Transcendentalism was based around god. Emerson believed that society was to …show more content…
Like sustainability, Transcendentalism focused on what you needed and how you should only do and have what was necessary for you to survive and reach transcendentalism. Basically a person who is following the trying to cut back on what is considered a luxury and only obtaining what was actually needed and nothing more. It represents humans survival in reference to nature, exactly what Transcendentalism, according to Thoreau and Emerson, is defined as. Sustainability covers basic survival that raises the question of man-made objects and how they would contribute to our lives without the presence of our natural environment. It coexists with environmentalism, considering the incorporation of non-human elements into our daily lives. The ideals behind Transcendentalism are to keep away from material and man-made elements and to ‘transcend’ into oneness with nature and comparing it to environmentalism seems to be the most fitting to the