Transcendentalism has been in society since the 19th century. These types of people believe strongly in god while also connecting to nature. In the excerpts “Nature”and “Self-Reliance” both by Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau, and “What is Transcendentalists?” by Christine Sarikas all talk about the philosophies of being a transcendentalism. These essays display the transcendentalist philosophies that every individual is capable of discovering deep truth on his or her own, through intuition and Humankind, nature, and God are all interconnected. Transcendentalism was a group of people who believed in different philosophies. These people were the ones who took life very easy and appreciated nature. They believed they could figure out the truth about the world, people lived differently, and how they always had a feeling god is all around you and you are spiritually connected. In the article it says, “In other words, transcendentalists believe spirituality isn’t something you can explain; it’s something …show more content…
In the text it says, “ no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till” (Emerson 370). This shows that you can only work on yourself and your own mindset instead of relying on what others think about you as a person. We all need to accept ourselves and our own beliefs. In the story “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau he uses evidence to support the same philosophy showing everyone is special. Thoreau stated in the story, “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach” (Thoreau 382). This quote shows how he was discovering his own truth by looking at nature. He saw the better in life by going into