Transcendentalism Margaret Fuller Early pioneer of feminism Was

Transcendentalism

Margaret Fuller • Early pioneer of feminism • Was an editor of The Dial which showed the belief equality • The Dial was essays and reviews in philosophy. Ralph Waldo Emerson • One of the influential transcendentalists that led the Transcendentalist Club. Who Henry David Thoreau • He displays the unity of creation. He went into the woods to experience self-reliance in 1845 • He was also a famous and influential transcendentalists.

• Strong believers in the power of the individual • Major belief in the goodness of people and nature • Unity of all creation What • Believed that at the level of a human soul, all people had access to divine inspiration and sought freedom, knowledge and truth. • Ideas were based off of common sense and imagination • All people are equal- they have knowledge about themselves and the world around them.

• Generation of welleducated people who lived prior to the civil war. • Meeting places were held in Boston Massachusetts Where/When • Rose in New England • It became in 1836 and lasted to 1860 - pre civil war.

• Ralph Waldo Emerson was able to influence others to support his movement. How? • It was spread with lectures that were mainly given by Emerson and Thoreau • The two had books that were published and helped spread their ideas. They went from town to give these lectures.

• Wanted to Strive for independence. • They believed that humans were fundamentally good but corrupted by society. Why • Protest against the general state of intellectualism and spirituality