Transcendental Movement: Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

In order to trace the origin of the transcendental movement, people need to return to Concord, Massachusetts. In the early nineteenth century, many famous and internationally renowned writers followed a practice of one person, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson was once regarded as the first philosopher in the United States, but previously visited Europe and was fascinated by the concept of German philosophers known as Kant. According to Emerson's understanding of Kant, in this world there are two pure things that are the basis of all of nature and soul.

The protagonists of the transcendental movement are Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Margaret Fuller and Amos Bronson Arcot. Other prominent transcendents include Luisa May Olcott, Charles Timothy Brooks, Osters Brownson, William Erie Channing, William Henry Channing, Christopher Earrings Crunch, Walt Whitman, John Sullivan Dwight, Conference Francis, William Henry Furness, Frederick Henry Hedge, Sylvester Judd, Theodore Parker, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, George Ripley, Thomas Treadwell Stone, Emily Dickinson and Jones Berry

Ralph Waldo Emerson as a pioneer of transcendence and Henry David Thoreau transcendence was a writing movement that took place in the mid - 19th century. It generally reached the peak of the American Renaissance, the American Golden Day, or the era called New England, formed in the middle of the early 19th century. The basic principles of transcendence include relationships between themselves and the whole world. First of all, in the "independence" of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson called all of the community to be completely faithful to themselves. He insists that the most important thing for individuals and society is not to believe others' beliefs, but to make people believe in their ideas. Emerson believes that integrity will eventually lead to personal death, as people live for others and they are not loyal to themselves. So, in order to build a good society, citizens must concentrate.