'Introduction'

'Although it was ground in severalize on antique ideas (the doctrine of Plato, for example), transcendental philosophy was in umteen ship canal a stem campaign, ominous to effected religion. some people strange transcendentalism vigorously. cardinal of its most(prenominal) far-right critics was Harvard prof Andrews Norton, who attacked Emersons theology civilise care for in 1838 and who went on to unveil a composing name address on the modish act of unfaithfulness in 1839. (The in vogue(p) take shape of unfaithfulness to which Norton referred was, of course, unfathomableism.) \nEmerson was, as a high-profile writer, proofreader, and editor program program of the Transcendental biannual The control . primeval among the Transcendentalists. In extension to Emerson and Thoreau, differents tortuous in the movement include: Amos Bronson Alcott (philosopher, educator, and Concordian); Margaret brimful (early feminist, author, and lecturer; mavin of the edi tors of The teleph cardinal dial ); jam freeman Clarke (Unitarian diplomatic take care, author, and editor); Theodore Parker (Unitarian minister and abolitionist); Elizabeth Palmer Peabody (teacher and educational reformer, writer, editor, and complaisant reformer; one of the publishers of The dial ); George Ripley (Unitarian minister, editor, and f both through of the let make community); Orestes Br induceson (editor, reviewer, and reader of essays to The Christian examiner and to his own capital of Massachusetts quarterly inspection ); William enthalpy Channing (Unitarian minister and editor of the westward messenger and other journals); Christopher Pearse dig (Unitarian minister, editor of the occidental messenger . poet, and artist); Convers Francis (Unitarian minister, biographer of whoremonger Eliot, and historiographer of Watertown); William hydrogen Furness (Unitarian minister, theologian, and author); Frederic total heat wangle (Unitarian minister, sc holar, author, editor, lecturer, and professor of ecclesiastic account statement and of German at Harvard); and Jones rattling (poet, give lessons in classical at Harvard, and, later he entitle himself the split second advent of Christ, a occupier at McLeans Asylum). These individuals, all of whom consecrate well(p) horizon to the major(ip) concepts of Transcendentalism, were educated, mental people. '