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Transcendentalism: Discovering the Divine Soul Within Nature

Explore the philosophical movement of Transcendentalism with key figures like Emerson, Thoreau, and Fuller. Learn how nature reflects the divine soul and the importance of intuition over intellect, promoting self-reliance and individualism. Dive into social issues like public education, abolition of slavery, and women's rights, all connected to this worldview of seeking truth within oneself and the natural world.

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Transcendentalism: Discovering the Divine Soul Within Nature

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  1. Transcendentalism • Discover Yourself in Nature

  2. Social movements connected to Transcenddentalism • Improve public education • End slavery • Elevate the status of women

  3. The Big boys. . . and a girl • Ralph Waldo Emerson • Henry David Thoreau • Margaret Fuller

  4. View of the World • Everything in the world, including human beings, is a reflection of the divine soul. • The physical facts of the natural world are a doorway to the spiritual or ideal world • People can use their intuition to behold God’s spirit revealed in nature or in their own souls • Self-reliance and individualism must outweigh external authority and blind conformity to custom and tradition • Spontaneous feelings and intuition are superior to deliberate intellectualism and rationality

  5. ‘I become a transparent eyeball’

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