2. Keep in mind the historical set of Transcendentalism Political turmoil Social Reform Industrialization Immigration

4. A literary movement An intellectual movement A philosophical movement

5. Intuition is a higher faculty than understanding.

6. The fundamental truths of being and the universe lie beyond the senses and can only be understood through intuition.

7. Nature is a manifestation of God and the human spirit. The meaning of existence can be found through exploring nature.

8. There is a spiritual relationship between humanity and nature.

9. All forms of being –God, nature, man– are spiritually united under a shared universal soul—the Over-Soul.

10. Romantic: it is part of the period Focused on individualism on democracy on the poor and oppressed Optimistic Mystical Philosophical Intuitive

11. “Nature” (1836) “The American Scholar” (1837) “Self Reliance” (1841) Ralph Waldo Emerson

12. “Walden” 1854 by Henry David Thoreau “Civil Disobedience” 1849

13. Walden Pond

14. Thoreau’s Cabin

15. Emerson’s House