Transcendentalism was a literary, philosophical, and cultural movement in mid-19th century New England, influenced by Immanuel Kant and Romantic poets. It rejected traditional Christian theory and Unitarianism, valuing innate spiritual knowledge over reason and science. Nature was seen as a source of the divine, and the movement advocated for women’s rights and equality for all […]
Romanticism and Transcendentalism were responses to Enlightenment ideals, focusing on emotional and spiritual exploration rather than reason. Both movements influenced later philosophical schools, with Romanticism exalting nature and Transcendentalism emphasizing the transcendence of consciousness. Existentialism, influenced by both, had a more resigned view of the human condition. The connection between romanticism and transcendentalism exists in […]
