Transcendentalism is one of the first philosophical currents that emerged in the United States. They emphasized moral individualism, which led them to embrace sexual equality and even socialism -- in contrast to the self-aggrandizement and self-indulgence that passes as 'individualism' these days. Many also supported the European revolutions of 1848 and the abolition of slavery.
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