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"There is, then, apparently no way at hand to prove incontrovertibly that Melville had even read 'The Transcendentalist' before writing this story, but a comparative examination of the two suggests that he had and he had read it with care, using Emerson's idealist for his portrayal of the incommunicative Bartleby and Emerson's materialist (also depicted in that essay) for his portrayal of the Wall Street lawyer."
-Christopher W. Sten
"Thoreau also found in transcendentalism a philosophical imperative to test his potential, to expand his view of the world, and to become the divine prophet that all humans could become."
-Lydia Willsky
"Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth."
-Henry David Thoreau
Modern Day Transcendentalism
Transcendentalism Beyond the 19th Century
John Burrows was a transcendentalist who lived in the early twentieth century. He was inspired by Thoreau and Emerson. His writings promoted the ideals of transcendentalism.
The rise of transcendentalism marked the beginning of the creation of modern literature and inspired a whole new perspective of religion, and its effects are present and relevant in today’s society.
Transcendentalism is a philosophy which says thought and spiritual feelings are more real than ordinary human experience and material things.