|
|
Definition of Transcendentalist
1. Noun. Advocate of transcendentalism.
Definition of Transcendentalist
1. n. One who believes in transcendentalism.
Definition of Transcendentalist
1. Noun. One who believes in transcendentalism. ¹
2. Noun. A group of philosophers who assert that true knowledge is obtained by faculties of the mind that transcend sensory experience; those who exalt intuition above empirical knowledge and ordinary mentation. Used in modern times of some post-Kantian German philosophers, and of the school of Emerson. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Transcendentalist
Literary usage of Transcendentalist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Margaret Fuller: A Psychological Biography by Katharine Susan Anthony (1920)
"... VI THE transcendentalist EARLY in Margaret's Boston career, George Sand burst
upon a startled world. Naturally Margaret followed her life and works with ..."
2. The New Englander (1843)
"A PLAIN DISCUSSION WITH A transcendentalist. Mr. B. Is there any prospect that
the community will ever understand your new system of philosophy and faith ? ..."
3. Ralph Waldo Emerson by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1885)
"The transcendentalist . — Boston " Transcendentalism." — " The Dial." — Brook Farm.
§ 2. First Series of Essays published. ..."
4. Ralph Waldo Emerson by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1884)
"The transcendentalist. — Boston " Transcendentalism." — " The Dial." — Brook Farm.
§ 2. First Series of Essays published. ..."
Other Resources:
