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Transcendentalism in todays society

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matthew.
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Does anyone have a good example of transcendentalism in today's society? I have to write a blog about it for English and I have no clue what to write. Any ideas ns?! Any help is greatly appreciated!!
Dec 15 2010 11:28PM
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Bodhisattva_
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Hippies. They fit the definition of transcendentalism near perfectly. They don't conform, only to what they believe in. And they are very positive and appreciate nature.
Not an exact example but hopefully it helps spark some ideas??
Dec 15 2010 11:32PM
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matthew.
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Yeah that's actually a really good idea. I'll try and search some stuff and try to make it fit. Thank you very much!
Dec 15 2010 11:34PM
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senorpuppy
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Talk about the guy who moved to alaska to just be with nature. I believe there is a movie about it. It was pretty recent. Just look it up.
Dec 15 2010 11:35PM
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Bodhisattva_
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No problem, we're actually studying Henry David Thoreau and transcendentalism in english so I'm glad to help.
Dec 15 2010 11:36PM
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iSmokeweed
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write about hipsters.
Dec 15 2010 11:37PM
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vailsux.com
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Transcendental in the conscious sense or transcendental in a self reliant sense?
Dec 15 2010 11:38PM
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max...
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read the book "into the wild"  (thats the book/ movie the third post was talking about)

the guys name was christopher mccandless aka alexander supertramp and i think he did this back in the 90's.  really inspiring story and krakauer pieces it together very well. he is a paragon of transcendentalism.
Dec 15 2010 11:39PM
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50in07
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I just wrote a paper that focused on transcendentalism. It didn't focus much about about todays society. You could maybe write about enviormentalists.
Dec 15 2010 11:39PM
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matthew.
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That's actually a really good idea. That's like the perfect thing to connect. Thank you very much!
Dec 15 2010 11:40PM
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no_steeze
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into the wild

left society to be out in nature after graduating from college and giving up his money and material lifestyle. for transcendentalists material possessions=heresy

i respect thoreau's work but god do i fucking hate him. such a stuck up piece of shit
Dec 15 2010 11:40PM
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matthew.
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Yeah so are we, I don't really like it at all... But that's just me
Dec 15 2010 11:41PM
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vailsux.com
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Read the Bhagavad-gita and learn.

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Dec 15 2010 11:47PM
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