New England transcendentalism
- New England transcendentalism
The movement whose leading figure was
Emerson, centred on the ‘Transcendental Club’ formed in Boston in 1836. It was much influenced by German
idealism and
Romanticism, and tended towards
pantheism,
mysticism, and a general uplifting optimism about the progress of the spirit. Self-reliance and simple, communal living were associated with the doctrine that the soul is in itself a microcosm, reflecting the entire world.
The Dial was the quarterly journal of the club. Other members of the movement included
Thoreau, W. E. Channing (1817–1901), and Bronson Alcott (1799–1888).
Philosophy dictionary.
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