Transcendentalism Flashcards
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What is the basis of the transcendentalism belief system?
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The spark of Divinity within each man
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What are the Key elements of Transcendentalism?
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Wisdom, Individuality, social reform, self-knowledge, nature as an awe inspiring force
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Who Wrote Civil Disobedience and Walden?
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Thoreau
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Who Wrote Nature and Self Reliance?
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Emerson
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What Dates did transcendentalism last?
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1835-1880
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Definition of Transcendentalism
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Knowledge that is concerned not with objects but with or mode of knowing objects
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Key words involving Transcendentalism
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Individualism, inner light, microcosm of our existence, its talking about our soul.
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Where Did transcendentalism take place?
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Boston, Concord, and other areas of New England
