1820–1830s US philosophical movement, holding that society corrupts humans’ inherent goodness, favoring intuition over empiricism

Kant's model of the mind : a new interpretation of transcendental idealism / Wayne Waxman.

Mary Moody Emerson and the origins of transcendentalism : a family history / Phyllis Cole.

Essai de psychologie ou de philosophie transcendante / par J.B. Mesnard.

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Transcendentalism

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Kant's model of the mind : a new interpretation of transcendental idealism / Wayne Waxman.

Mary Moody Emerson and the origins of transcendentalism : a family history / Phyllis Cole.

Essai de psychologie ou de philosophie transcendante / par J.B. Mesnard.