Summary of Facts about American Transcendentalism

American Transcendentalism
Transcendentalism is a philosophical term that describes the idea of how people possess knowledge about themselves and that of the world which goes beyond what their common sense can contemplate. The knowledge of transcendentalism comes through intuition (Vartalitis 1).
Facts about Transcendentalism
Its formation is through a collection of different ideas from religion, social, philosophy, literature, and the American culture.
It developed in the eastern United States of America during the 1820s and 1830s
Transcendentalism emerged from skeptics of David Hume, Biblical criticism of Johann, Transcendental philosophy of Emmanuel Kant and Romanism
Its core belief is about the goodness possessed by people and the world surrounding them
The belief focuses on subjective intuition rather than empiricism
It developed after the Unitarianism started controlling Harvard University
Transcendentalism is not in contrary with Unitarianism rather; it has parallel ideas to Unitarianism
Has the belief that the mind has control over the human experience
If compared with Unitarianism, it is less religious
Transcendentalists believed that law whose results are unjust is not worth following
Views the society as one that employs rationalism and logic so that it achieves the truth
Transcendentalists believed that knowledge of God should be at Personal level with no intervention
Was formed through a transcendental club
Its campaigns faded in the 1850s
Transcendentalists value the work of art as if it were a living organism
Facts from the main thesis
Believed that our interior is important whether good or bad
Believed that by living in the present with self-reliance and independence, people can transcend time
A believe that universe mystery can be understood
Philosophical borrowings
Nature is bad and therefore to tame it is important
Saw nature as a great teacher
Facts from major writers
Emerson believed that a man has unquestionable ability to elevate his life
Emmanuel Kant believed that morality is a consequence of the human mind
Jonathan Edwards believe that Men’s consciousness justify the judgment and anger of God
According to Owen, genius is something that cannot be taught and results from intuition
Coleridge; a man can ignore the prinking of consciousness
Work Cited
Vartalitis, Mariana Mussetta, and Andrea.

“The Transcendentalist Experience of Beauty in ” The Artist of the Beautiful.” American Transcendentalism Web (2010).