LA final of 1st Semester, Emerson and Thoreau Essays
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| Transcendentalism 1836-1860 | Was a part of Romanticism that accounted for life in other than material terms (cant be proven).
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| Transcendentalism emphasized: | nature, individuality, the Universe being an interconnected family.
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| Dualism | reality>Unity(family)>spirit>ideas
actuality>multiplicity>body>things
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| Pragmatic Mysticism (Epiphany) | An unplanned process resulting in a 'light bulb moment'
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| Transparent eyeball | "I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or parcel of G-d."
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| Centrality of consciousness | reality |mind| reason/insight
actuality |mind| understanding
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| Only sin | the only sin is limitation/not seeing your options.
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| Nature | Nature is a metaphor for the human mind.
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| Oversoul | power becoming manifest/individual souls becoming part of an entity.
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| Brook Farm | a social movement (co-op/incestuous family) and Utopian society
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| (Emerson) Access higher laws | Directly through nature, rather than indirectly through teachings of the past.
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| Emerson's definition | Essayist is too limited, and philosopher is too broad. The best term, perhaps, is poet.
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| Emerson's mom | A strict Calvinist; emphasized self-sacrifice and energy.
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| Emerson on Religion | rejected institutional religion in favor of a personal relation with G-d. Religious truth is an intuition that can't be received SECOND HAND.
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| Thoreau as a teacher | objected corporal punishment.
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| Walden Pond | Thoreau wrote of the four seasons and his experience there. THE SUPREME WORK OF TRANSCENDENTALIST LIT.
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| Thoreau influenced who? | writers, environmentalists and social and political leaders by making them aware of the possibilities of the human spirit and the limitations of society.
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