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单词 transcendentalism
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Definition of transcendentalism in English:

transcendentalism

noun transɛnˈdɛnt(ə)lɪz(ə)mˌtrɑːnsɛnˈdɛnt(ə)lɪz(ə)mˌtræn(t)ˌsɛnˈdɛn(t)lˌɪzəm
mass noun
  • 1TranscendentalismAn idealistic philosophical and social movement which developed in New England around 1836 in reaction to rationalism. Influenced by romanticism, Platonism, and Kantian philosophy, it taught that divinity pervades all nature and humanity, and its members held progressive views on feminism and communal living. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were central figures.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We honor Ralph Waldo Emerson, but where does Transcendentalism figure in anybody's life today?
    • Emerson's ‘The Transcendentalist’ stands as a manifesto of this philosophical movement, in which he explicitly identifies Transcendentalism as a form of philosophical Idealism.
    • Thoreau's collection of essays reflects the philosophy of American Transcendentalism in practice.
    • As such, taking many cues from Transcendentalism (a movement started in the early 19th century) I don't think any oaths are necessary.
    • Emerson's Transcendentalism drew on German idealism and English pastoral poetry.
  • 2A system developed by Immanuel Kant, based on the idea that, in order to understand the nature of reality, one must first examine and analyse the reasoning process which governs the nature of experience.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The idealism of transcendentalism gave way to existential angst a long time ago.
    • Heidegger had become increasingly impatient with Husserl's transcendentalism and Husserl was unwilling or unable to see any philosophical merit in Heidegger's ‘fundamental ontology’.
    • The hermeneutic paradigm the Kantian narrative was designed to protect can best be put in terms of transcendentalism.
    • In fact, from our perspective the transcendentalism of temporality is destroyed most decisively by the fact that it is now impossible to measure labor, either by convention or by calculation.
    • It was there that he drew upon basic ideas common to transcendentalism but used them in support of traditional theology rather than as a substitute.

Derivatives

  • transcendentalist

  • noun & adjective transɛnˈdɛnt(ə)lɪsttrɑːnsɛnˈdɛnt(ə)lɪst
    • His first move after college was to the Brook Farm in West Roxbury, Mass., a gathering place for many of the leading transcendentalists of the era.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He became a follower and friend of Emerson, and was, in his own words, ‘a mystic, a transcendentalist, and a natural philosopher to boot’.
      • In the 19th century, the transcendentalists, inspired by India, gave a characteristic orientation to America's self-definition.
      • He subsequently led a simple life as one of the New England transcendentalists, writing poems, essays, and two books while trying to earn a living.
      • He was a transcendentalist philosopher, an educator and an abolitionist, and - like March - a vegetarian.
      • Mayo was inspired by Emerson's writings, but distinguished his beliefs from those aspects of transcendentalist philosophy which his audience found offensive.
 
 

Definition of transcendentalism in US English:

transcendentalism

nounˌtran(t)ˌsenˈden(t)lˌizəmˌtræn(t)ˌsɛnˈdɛn(t)lˌɪzəm
  • 1TranscendentalismAn idealistic philosophical and social movement which developed in New England around 1836 in reaction to rationalism. Influenced by romanticism, Platonism, and Kantian philosophy, it taught that divinity pervades all nature and humanity, and its members held progressive views on feminism and communal living. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were central figures.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We honor Ralph Waldo Emerson, but where does Transcendentalism figure in anybody's life today?
    • As such, taking many cues from Transcendentalism (a movement started in the early 19th century) I don't think any oaths are necessary.
    • Emerson's Transcendentalism drew on German idealism and English pastoral poetry.
    • Emerson's ‘The Transcendentalist’ stands as a manifesto of this philosophical movement, in which he explicitly identifies Transcendentalism as a form of philosophical Idealism.
    • Thoreau's collection of essays reflects the philosophy of American Transcendentalism in practice.
  • 2A system developed by Immanuel Kant, based on the idea that, in order to understand the nature of reality, one must first examine and analyze the reasoning process which governs the nature of experience.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In fact, from our perspective the transcendentalism of temporality is destroyed most decisively by the fact that it is now impossible to measure labor, either by convention or by calculation.
    • The hermeneutic paradigm the Kantian narrative was designed to protect can best be put in terms of transcendentalism.
    • It was there that he drew upon basic ideas common to transcendentalism but used them in support of traditional theology rather than as a substitute.
    • The idealism of transcendentalism gave way to existential angst a long time ago.
    • Heidegger had become increasingly impatient with Husserl's transcendentalism and Husserl was unwilling or unable to see any philosophical merit in Heidegger's ‘fundamental ontology’.
 
 
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