Editing Transcendentalism (section)

==Origin==
Transcendentalism is closely related to [[Unitarianism]], a religious movement in Boston in the early nineteenth century. It started to develop after Unitarianism took hold at [[Harvard University]], following the elections of [[Henry Ware (Unitarian)|Henry Ware]] as the Hollis Professor of Divinity in 1805 and of [[John Thornton Kirkland]] as President in 1810. Transcendentalism was not a rejection of Unitarianism; rather, it developed as an organic consequence of the Unitarian emphasis on free conscience and the value of intellectual reason. The transcendentalists were not content with the [[sobriety]], mildness, and calm [[rationalism]] of Unitarianism. Instead, they wanted a more intense spiritual experience. Thus, transcendentalism was not born as a counter-movement to Unitarianism, but as a parallel movement to the very ideas introduced by the Unitarians.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Finseth|first1=Ian Frederick|title=The Emergence of Transcendentalism|url=http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma95/finseth/trans.html|website=American Studies @ The University of Virginia|publisher=[[The University of Virginia]]|access-date=9 November 2014|archive-date=18 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718205554/http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA95/finseth/trans.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>