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Definition
Derivation
American literary and philosophical movement of
the 19th century. Transcendentalists believed that
intuition and the individual conscience “transcend”
experience and thus are better guides to truth than
are the senses and logical reason.
 Intuition – direct perception of truth without
any reasoning process
 Conscience – the inner sense of what is right
or wrong in one’s conduct or motives
 Transcend – Trans (across) Scend (to climb)
Word/Concept:
Transcendentalism
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Individualism
Nature
Ego
Self-reliance
Concept M
 Ralph Waldo Emerson
 Henry David Thoreau
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