So I’m writing an essay on transcendentalism and my thesis is somewhere along the lines of “The founders of transcendentalism differed significantly in thought.” And so far I’ve kind of grouped some people into certain focuses, for example I have Fuller with a distinctly feminist view, Orestes A Brownson with a more political and social view with socialist parallels, and Emerson with a more practical view with his focus on nature. I was just wondering if there’s any other clear differences or unique aspects about key figures in transcendentalism that I could explore.

Thank you for your help!

in high school we learned a about transendentalism. I remember we read a book about Christopher mccanlis. Do more transcendentalist get ride of there money and belonging and live off nature and create your own society?

Having only read Walden I'm uncertain of where to go next. I know there is a collection entitled "Transcendentalism - a reader". Is that considered a worthy collection?

I'm looking for religious symbols and was curious whether there was a commonly accept symbol for Transcendentalism.

So I have seen this quote floating around the internet and I appreciate it and would love to use it in my classroom (I am a teacher); however, try as I might to find the original source, I am unable to locate it anywhere. I can only find it on those famous quote sites, which we all know never actually cite their work. I am very well read in Emerson and Transcendentalism, and, while the quote sounds like something Emerson would say, I have never come across it in anything I have read and I am beginning to think this is another instance of the internet ascribing a quote to someone that never said it (similar to quotes wrongly attributed to Einstein). Can anyone help me with this? Thanks!

I'm supposed to analyze this quote and I have no idea what it means. It goes:

"Look in my face while I snuff the sidle of evening, (Talk honestly, no one else hears you, and I stay only a minute longer. "

can anyone please help me out here?

I am doing a research paper on transcendentalism and was wondering what a few examples would be of modern day transcendentalist writers.

I'm reading Nature and also bought Civil Disobedience + Walden, but yet I find it difficult to grasp what they thought about ethics and morality, besides self-reliance and natural solitude. What would Transcendentalism have to say, for example, about crime and punishment?

Journaling/keeping a diary seems like a very important activity for both these men. I'd like to read them and was wondering if anyone could recommend any books?

I have been through so much turmoil and control in my life I have decided and been practicing and learning disconnection from typical, rational societal pressures and ideas. Control of everything put on us by eachother-I believe is ruled by fear of insignificance. How we all are clustered on this rock we call Earth. Home to us. The fact it’s so small here in the scheme of it all. It’s all so dark. But disconnecting from those thoughts and flowing throughout where i’m places here and just understanding how everything is connected. Everything affects everything. Living simply I suppose. Expanding on the “small” things that make you feel anything. Because feeling is so amazing and not comprehensible

Hello, I am new to reddit so I apologize if I'm breaking any conventions. My heart has over the course of many years lead me to certain discoveries that I recently learned aligns with transcendentalism. I know that an online community is not exactly the natural habitat of people who would be part of it, but still.

I really wish to connect with other people who seek the same kind of wisdom as I do, as such people are relatively rare to come by. Would anyone be interested in a chat community, specifically I'm thinking Discord as the platform.

For anyone who may not be familiar with Discord, allow me to introduce you. Discord started out as a text chat / voice chat service for people who play video games. It has, however, grown into a more general platform for communities. It is free to use, supports most computer systems, it is relatively easy to use, and it offers a lot of different communities.

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I just now created a server in case anyone wants to join. If the moderators of this community feels like they want to create one instead then that's totally fine with me. It would be great to have a community though, and real time chat feels a bit more casual than posts.

Here is an invite link, please feel free to message me here or on discord if anyone wants to join but needs help with anything

https://discord.gg/7e4uUbt

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After reading and studying The Bible, Tao Te Ching, Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads, and Koran, here are my current thoughts on being (constantly updating), which is nonduality, or oneness with God. Curious to hear people's thoughts and critiques! I have found it impossible to discuss this in everyday society because people feel like their belief system is being attacked. And without their belief system, who are they?

God is Love