Transcendentalism Notes What is the definition of transcendentalism

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Transcendentalism Notes

Transcendentalism Notes

What is the definition of transcendentalism? Use the examples on the following slides to

What is the definition of transcendentalism? Use the examples on the following slides to help you develop an understanding of the movement.

From Something Under the Bed is Drooling

From Something Under the Bed is Drooling

From There’s Treasure Everywhere

From There’s Treasure Everywhere

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. Ralph

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. Ralph Waldo Emerson Nature

Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up: don't

Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up: don't give up the fight! -Bob Marley http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Ju. Ml. Hdxi. IZ 8

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles. Ralph Waldo Emerson “Self-Reliance”

“We Never Change” Coldplay

“We Never Change” Coldplay

Claude Monet

Claude Monet

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. Henry David Thoreau Walden

Sometimes it feels like this whole world’s against me And every beaten path is

Sometimes it feels like this whole world’s against me And every beaten path is just another winding road that tempts me Far from you and all that’s true I’ve got to find my way again… Looking for my place in the sun Tim Mc. Graw

I'm a survivor, I'm not gonna give up, I'm not gon' stop, I'm gonna

I'm a survivor, I'm not gonna give up, I'm not gon' stop, I'm gonna work harder, I'm a survivor, I'm gonna make it, I will survive, Keep on survivin' Destiny’s Child

Rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness… give me truth.

Rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness… give me truth. Into the Wild Music Video Christopher Mc. Candless in Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild

I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For

I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. Walt Whitman “Song of Myself”

Transcendentalism Definition • A philosophical/literary movement that believes in the unity of all creation.

Transcendentalism Definition • A philosophical/literary movement that believes in the unity of all creation. • It also considers that human nature contains something that transcends, or goes beyond ordinary experience. • For transcendentalists, each person is divine; therefore, trusting or relying on the self is actually trusting in God, who speaks within humans. • Five Themes: Nonconformity, Self-Reliance, Free Thought, Confidence, & Importance of Nature.