A look at this 19th century school of
philosophy, with a focus on three main scholars - Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David
Thoreau and Margaret Fuller. All three of these Transcendentalists dealt with the
identity of the "self" from different perspectives. The author finds that while they share several key elements - the notion of independence and "entitlement" in thought and action being chief among them-they also diverge on specific applications for the Transcendentalist
philosophy.