Transcendentalism Contrast Essay

"There us a moment in the history of every nation when, proceeding out of this brute youth, the perceptive powers reach their ripeness and have not yet become microscopic; so that man, at this instant, extends across the entire scale." (Emerson 180) During the time in which Emerson stated this opinion, a new philosophy or idea was introduced in American literature. The idea, Transcendentalism, focuses mainly on individualism, goodness in nature and humanity, and what is known as an "oversoul". However, for every new philosophy, there is an opposing philosophy created. Anti-Transcendent…