Thoreau And Emerson's Work During The Transcendentalism Movement
During the Transcendentalism movement there were hundreds fighting for different aspects of individuality, self worth, and self prosperity as well as many other things. Two main figures during this era of self righteousness were Thoreau and Emerson, their thoughts were filled with radicalistic viewpoints and idealistic assumptions. Their viewpoints were built on good morals and ideologies but in practice were taken too far and resulted in amalgamations of radicalists fighting over what they thought was right. So in precisely Thoreau and Emerson's ideas were built on good principles, followed a lifestyle of making your own choices and living off grid, but were taken too far and developed into radical ideologies that led to tyranny and wane.
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These practices contain good morals and all align with the modern values of society. Many of Emerson’s and Thoreau’s books contained these base values, for example an excerpt from Emerson's Self Reliance states “Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred, but the integrity of our own mind. Absolve yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. ''In today's day we see many people come up through the ranks defying and rupturing through their social, and economic class. These men and women, all in some way, were their own boss, persevering through any struggle and either starting in a garage or a college dorm, all relied on themselves and what they could bring to the table. They put themselves first, and it paid off. With individuality and self respect they can achieve the impossible, the core and soul values of the transcendentalism movement. These are the key values and opinions that made the common folk realize there was more to life than just the normal societal structures where you're a slave to your own government. Many people who realized this drowned themselves in their own self down ant pitty that their innocent take on the transcendental moment demented into radicalism before this wane erupted into the limelight The transcendentalism movement prospered and shot up into relevance in the mid
These practices contain good morals and all align with the modern values of society. Many of Emerson’s and Thoreau’s books contained these base values, for example an excerpt from Emerson's Self Reliance states “Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred, but the integrity of our own mind. Absolve yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. ''In today's day we see many people come up through the ranks defying and rupturing through their social, and economic class. These men and women, all in some way, were their own boss, persevering through any struggle and either starting in a garage or a college dorm, all relied on themselves and what they could bring to the table. They put themselves first, and it paid off. With individuality and self respect they can achieve the impossible, the core and soul values of the transcendentalism movement. These are the key values and opinions that made the common folk realize there was more to life than just the normal societal structures where you're a slave to your own government. Many people who realized this drowned themselves in their own self down ant pitty that their innocent take on the transcendental moment demented into radicalism before this wane erupted into the limelight The transcendentalism movement prospered and shot up into relevance in the mid