Transcendentalism

Who is considered the "father" of Transcendentalism?

• Henry David Thoreau

• Margaret Fuller

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Robin Williams

What is the transcendentalist belief about nature?

• nature is "just there"

• nature is awe-inspiring and reflects spirituality

• nature is unstable and changes too much

• nature is the origin of evil

Transcendentalists believe that ___________ , humanity, and nature share a universal soul.

• God

• Animals

• Literature

• Government

Transcendentalism encourages:

• following the rules

• being like everyone else

• joining the majority opinion

• not conforming to what others do and say

Transcendentalists believed in:

• the Power of the Government

• the Power of Technology

• the Power of the Individual

• the Power of God

The Transcendentalists believed in self-reliance and free thought.

• True

• False

People in the 19th century who created Transcendentalism belong to the _________________.

• Romanticism

• Industrialism

• Transcendental Club

• Transcendentalism

Transcendentalism is...

• fiction using desolate and remote settings with violent events

• an attitude toward nature, humanity and society emphasizing freedom and individuality

• philosophy which holds that basic truths can be reached through intuition better than reason

• authors representing events and social conditions as they really are with no idealization

Who did Transcendentalist writers see as models of individualistic behavior?

• sublime creatures 

• God

• Aristotle

• Children

What did transcendentalists believe about God?

• That going to church was a sure way to build a relationship with God.

• That religious authority interrupted the individual's connection to God