An American Literary, Philosophical, Political Movement

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An American Literary, Philosophical, Political Movement Transcendentalism An American Literary, Philosophical, Political Movement

Your Life? Go to school Graduate high school Go to college Get a job Get married Have kids Retire Die

If you could be anywhere right now, where would you be?

Here?

Here?

Here?

Here?

Do you like coming to school? Why or why not?

What is the importance of being an independent thinker?

Transcendentalism: Write this down! TRANSCENDENT. 1. A: exceeding usual limits: surpassing. B: extending or lying beyond the limits of ordinary experience A nineteenth-century movement in the Romantic tradition Beliefs: God is present in every aspect of nature Everyone is capable of connecting with God through the use of intuition Value of the individual over society All nature is symbolic of the spirit Authors: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Margret Fuller, John Muir