New England Transcendentalism
The New England transcendentalists were an influential but decidedly heterogeneous group of young writers, critics, philosophers, theologians, and social reformers whose ...
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New England Transcendentalism [addendum]
The transcendentalist departure from Unitarianism was bolstered by the Biblical criticism of Johann Gottfried von Herder, who suggested in The Spirit of Hebrew...
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What's the point of philosophy if it will not always prove true in its land of birth? Many today believe that the notions of Transcendentalist philosophers are defunct in America today. They do n...
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Transcendentalism is unique in being the only home grown philosophy endemic to America. Being an American myself, I was happy to experience this philosophy first-hand. "We will walk on our own feet;...
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Transcendentalism is a philosophy based on the belief that "the most fundamental truths about life and death can be reached only by going beyond the world of the senses." According to the transcenden...
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Trevor Setvin
American Lit
Hughes
Emerson and Thoreau
and their Perspectives of Transcendentalism
Imagine a world where each individual thought for himself, not allowing...
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David Lynch, on a five-day visit to Israel to encourage transcendental meditation, met with Israeli President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shimon Peres."Lynch is one of the greatest directors of ...
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Donovan, famous for '60s pop hits such as "Hurdy Gurdy Man" and "Mellow Yellow," has announced plans to open the Invincible Donovan University, where students will adhere to the principles of trans...
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Heart disease patients who practiced meditation for four months showed slight improvements in blood pressure and insulin levels, a small, government-funded study found.
Patients who learne...
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AMSTERDAM, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who
became a guru to the Beatles, stepped down this month as the
head of the organisation that brought transcendental meditation
to the West, a...
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It was 1967 and the Indian meditation guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, dressed in white with long flowing black hair and a gray beard, beamed as he stood surrounded by four smiling young Beatles at the ...
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Former Vice President Al Gore won Spain's most prestigious prize Wednesday for his "decisive contribution to progress in solving the grave problems of climate change which threaten our planet."Gore...
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The husband of the late British pianist Joyce Hatto, who passed off recordings by other artists as those of his wife, says he would do the same thing again but would not release the recordings to t...
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A Hindu clergyman made history Thursday by offering the Senate's morning prayer, but only after police officers removed three shouting protesters from the visitors' gallery.Rajan Zed, director of i...
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Garrison Keillor has gotten a restraining order against a Georgia woman he claims has made telephone calls and sent him explicit e-mails and disturbing gifts, including a petrified alligator foot a...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A life-size chocolate
sculpture of a naked Jesus will finally be displayed in New
York starting in late October, seven months after an outcry by
Roman Catholics forced a diffe...
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New England Transcendentalism
Emerson and Thoreau's Travels
Lynch promotes meditation on Israel trip
