The Unitarians of New England started transcendentalism, which peaked during the 1840's. Ralph Waldo Emerson was the foremost American Transcendentalist. He thought that the physical world was minor to the spiritual world but the physical world served society by showing splendor, discipline, language and by providing comedy. He also believed in the idea that people should educate themselves as much as they can about science through observation. Emerson and his followers believed in individuality. They …showed first 75 words of 880 total…

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