ARE YOU A TRANSCENDENTALIST? Quiz
Give yourself 2 points for every transcendentalist quality you
posses. Do you...
 Have a deep faith in
 Feel you would be against
human potential and in
slavery and for women’s
human individuality?
liberation?
 Reject vulgar prosperity
 Write mainly essays to
and materical excess?
express your ideas and
beliefs?
 Believe technology
 Believe all nature and
isolates?
humanity is united
through a shared universal
soul?
 Rage against social
 Believe the truth of the
conformity?
universe lies outside the
reach of human senses?
 Believe that exploring
 Believe truth of the
nature will help you know
universe can only be
universal truths better?
grasped through intuition?
If you got 16-20 points, you are probably the next Thoreau or
Emerson.
If you got 8-16 points, you are Average. Way to follow the
crowd—so very un-Transcendental.
If you got less than 8 points, you are a misanthrope. What is a
misanthrope? Look it up!
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Transcendentalism remains very hard to define – it is
Literature, it is Philosophy, it is a Way of Life!
Transcendentalists wanted a community that would also
liberate the individual, a way of thinking that would also
become a way of doing.
ARE YOU A TRANSCENDENTALIST? Quiz
Give yourself 2 points for every transcendentalist quality you
posses. Do you...
 Have a deep faith in
 Feel you would be against
human potential and in
slavery and for women’s
human individuality?
liberation?
 Reject vulgar prosperity
 Write mainly essays to
and materical excess?
express your ideas and
beliefs?
 Believe technology
 Believe all nature and
isolates?
humanity is united
through a shared universal
soul?
 Rage against social
 Believe the truth of the
conformity?
universe lies outside the
reach of human senses?
 Believe that exploring
 Believe truth of the
nature will help you know
universe can only be
universal truths better?
grasped through intuition?
If you got 16-20 points, you are probably the next Thoreau or
Emerson.
If you got 8-16 points, you are Average. Way to follow the
crowd—so very un-Transcendental.
If you got less than 8 points, you are a misanthrope. What is a
misanthrope? Look it up!


Transcendentalism remains very hard to define – it is
Literature, it is Philosophy, it is a Way of Life!
Transcendentalists wanted a community that would also
liberate the individual, a way of thinking that would also
become a way of doing.
Transcendental Discussion Questions for the Socratic Seminar on
November 2nd.
Transcendental Discussion Questions for the Socratic Seminar on
November 2nd.
On another piece of paper, write your responses. Responses must be
3-4 sentences in length in order to qualify for participating in the
discussion. The question must be answered fully and in depth.
On another piece of paper, write your responses. Responses must be
3-4 sentences in length in order to qualify for participating in the
discussion. The question must be answered fully and in depth.
If you are absent for the Socratic Seminar, you must turn in your
written responses on the day of your return to make up missed
points.
If you are absent for the Socratic Seminar, you must turn in your
written responses on the day of your return to make up missed
points.
1.
For both of the authors, how does the author define
transcendentalism for himself? How does the author
structure his life in order to live according to his
Transcendental ideal?
2. For both of the authors, choose and record a quote that you
found particularly thought-provoking. You can either
strongly agree with it or strongly disagree with it. Explain
why.
1.
For both of the authors, how does the author define
transcendentalism for himself? How does the author
structure his life in order to live according to his
Transcendental ideal?
2. For both of the authors, choose and record a quote that you
found particularly thought-provoking. You can either
strongly agree with it or strongly disagree with it. Explain
why.