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| ralph waldo emerson definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | american transcendentalist who was against slavery and stressed self-reliance, optimism, self-improvement, self-confidence, and freedom. he was a prime example of a transcendentalist and helped further the movement. | 14 sets | |
| 2 | nature | 10 sets | |
| 3 | concord hymn | 9 sets | |
| 4 | self-reliance | 8 sets | |
| 5 | united states writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882) | 6 sets | |
| 6 | leading transcendental philosopher | 5 sets | |
| 7 | self reliance | 3 sets | |
| 8 | american essayist, philosopher, poet, and leader of the transcendentalist movement. wrote "self reliance", which was very popular. | 3 sets | |
| 9 | father of trandcendentalism | 3 sets | |
| 10 | unitarian writer who turned to what would come to be called "transcendentalism". "the american scholar", his most famous speech, advocated that america find its "own voice" | 3 sets | |
| 11 | the snowstorm | 3 sets | |
| 12 | american philosopher and poet, best known for leading the transcendentalist movement in the 19th century | 2 sets | |
| 13 | "each and all" | 2 sets | |
| 14 | wrote "self-reliance;" transcendentalist poet, essayist, speaker | 2 sets | |
| 15 | "self reliance" | 2 sets | |
| 16 | "the american scholar" | 2 sets | |
| 17 | "concord hymn" | 2 sets | |
| 18 | leading transcendentalist, emphasizing freedom and self-reliance, spoke and wrote many works on the behalf of the abolitionists. | 2 sets | |
| 19 | leader of transcendentalism | 2 sets | |
| 20 | transcendentalist | 2 sets | |
| 21 | romanticism--transcendentalism: self-reliance; nature | 2 sets | |
| 22 | nature, self-reliance, concord hymn. the snowstorm | 2 sets | |
| 23 | selected essays | 2 sets | |
| 24 | transcendentalist poet and philosopher; urged american writers to forget european traditions and write about american interests. | 2 sets | |
| 25 | author of "self-reliance" | 2 sets | |
| 26 | transcendentalism | 2 sets | |
| 27 | american author; friend of henry david thoreau's | 2 sets | |
| 28 | leading transcendetalist; popular essayist and lecturer who stressed individualism, believed-human spirit reflected in nature | 2 sets | |
| 29 | "self-reliance" | 2 sets | |
| 30 | a leader in the transendental movement | 1 set | |
| 31 | romanticism in america | 1 set | |
| 32 | considered america's foremost intellectual | 1 set | |
| 33 | 1st american philosopher | 1 set | |
| 34 | the leading transcendentalist who was the most popular essayist and lecturer of his time | 1 set | |
| 35 | famous transcendentalist | 1 set | |
| 36 | transcendentalist who wrote "self reliance" | 1 set | |
| 37 | transcendentalist intellectual and writer who was committed to nationalism and the ideas that people could be fulfilled by being close to nature and by exploring themselves as people. | 1 set | |
| 38 | most important intellectual of his age, wrote nature, said communion with natural world needed in quest for self-fulfillment. self-reliance= search for communion with universe, god, etc. committed nationalist, truth and beauty could come from instinct- america ok. | 1 set | |
| 39 | self reliance, transcendentalist | 1 set | |
| 40 | wrote an essay pointing out that americans depended too much on institutions and traditions and wanted people to follow their own judgements | 1 set | |