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U.s. History: Transcendentalism, an American Philosophy

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A good look at the first major American philosophy, transcendentalism. Read about the ideas that transcendentalists believed, and find out the members of the Transcendental Club. Many American authors of the time espoused the ideals of the philosophy, and see how Henry David Thoreau actually lived them at Walden Pond.

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henry david thoreau, henry wadsworth longfellow, nathaniel hawthorne, ralph waldo emerson, walt whitman, transcendentalism
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individualism, self-reliance, ushistory.org, american philosophy, george ripley, independence hall association, margaret fuller, u.s. history: transcendentalism, an american philosophy, walden pond, progressive ideas
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)