transcendentalism

idealism

materialism

is, we might say, an early form of anarchism. They were all suspicious of authority and played a role in creating an atmosphere of skepticism towards authority, towards government.

Transcendentalism is, we might say, an early form of anarchism. The Transcendentalists also did not call themselves anarchists, but there are anarchist ideas in their thinking and in their literature. They were all suspicious of authority. We might say that the Transcendentalism played a role in creating an atmosphere of skepticism towards authority, towards government.

transcendentalism, n.Definitions

transcendentalism