Romanticism vs. Transcendentalism

Romanticismnoun

A romantic quality, spirit or action.

Romanticismnoun

A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities; specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic effects; - applied to the productions of a school of writers who sought to revive certain medi val forms and methods in opposition to the so-called classical style.

Romanticismnoun

impractical romantic ideals and attitudes

Romanticismnoun

a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization;

Romanticismnoun

an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)

Romanticism

Romanticism (also known as the Romantic era) was an artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate period from 1800 to 1850. Romanticism was characterized by its emphasis on emotion and individualism as well as glorification of all the past and nature, preferring the medieval rather than the classical.

Transcendentalismnoun

The transcending, or going beyond, empiricism, and ascertaining a priori the fundamental principles of human knowledge.

Transcendentalismnoun

Ambitious and imaginative vagueness in thought, imagery, or diction.

Transcendentalismnoun

A philosophy which holds that reasoning is key to understanding reality (associated with Kant); philosophy which stresses intuition and spirituality (associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson); transcendental character or quality.

Transcendentalismnoun

A movement of writers and philosophers in New England in the 19th century who were loosely bound together by adherence to an idealistic system of thought based on a belief in the essential supremacy of insight over logic and experience for the revelation of the deepest truths.

Transcendentalismnoun

The transcending, or going beyond, empiricism, and ascertaining a priori the fundamental principles of human knowledge.

Transcendentalismnoun

Ambitious and imaginative vagueness in thought, imagery, or diction.

Transcendentalismnoun

any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material

Transcendentalism

Transcendentalism is a philosophical movement that developed in the late 1820s and 1830s in the eastern United States. A core belief is in the inherent goodness of people and nature, and while society and its institutions have corrupted the purity of the individual, people are at their best when truly and independent.