Trancendentalism

What is transcendentalism? According to dictionary.com:

tran·scen·den·tal·ism
 / ˌtrænsɛnˈdɛntlˌɪzəm, -sən- /     **// –noun //**  1. transcendental character, thought, or language. 2. Also called  transcendental philosophy. any philosophy based upon the doctrine that the principles of reality are to be discovered by the study of the processes of thought, or a philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical: in the U.S., associated with Emerson.

="I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion." Henry Thoreau in the book- //Walden//=

Henry Thoreau

Emily Dickinson

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