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1 Renaissance – Rebirth! Mid 19th Century 1828-1865
Transcendentalism Renaissance – Rebirth! Mid 19th Century

2 Transcendentalists Ralph Waldo Emerson “Father of Transcendentalism”
Henry David Thoreau Famous for writing Walden

3 Characteristics Self-reliance – You are responsible for you!
Love nature – Stop to appreciate it Live NOW Don’t conform to what society believes you should be. – March to the beat of your own drummer! Be a NONCONFORMIST!

4 Transcendentalists believe we would transcend…
…to a higher spiritual place. …through intuition not reason. …by learning from living in harmony with nature. …as an individual by being a nonconformist. …by living a simple life. …by doing the right and moral thing and working for a better society.

5 Transcendentalist Quotes for discussion
“Fame is proof that people are gullible.” - Emerson

6 “Men have become tools of their tools.” – Thoreau
Quotes for Discussion “Men have become tools of their tools.” – Thoreau

7 Quotes for Discussion “What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half hour.” - Emerson

8 “We are always getting ready to live, but never living.” - Emerson
Quotes for Discussion “We are always getting ready to live, but never living.” - Emerson

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11 Quotes for Discussion “Never lose an opportunity to see something that is beautiful!” – Emerson

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14 “Our faith comes in moments; our voice is habitual.” - Emerson
Quotes for Discussion “Our faith comes in moments; our voice is habitual.” - Emerson

15 Quotes for Discussion “To be awake is to be alive; I have never met a man who was quite awake.” - Thoreau

16 The “Darker” Vision Against Transcendentalist views:
Nathaniel Hawthorne Herman Melville

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