Transcendentalism

Transcendentalism-heavily influenced by Romanticism, deals mostly with thought; philosophy
Some poets that display Transcendentalism are Ralph Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

"Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
http://www.transcendentalists.com/emerson_quotes.htm

"What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not been discovered." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
http://www.transcendentalists.com/emerson_quotes.htm


The picture above suggests that in a single picture there are many concepts to consider, little pieces of thought that form a whole picture. Philosophy is all about thinking beyond the general picture, thinking out of the box, analyzing the world, analyzing thought, analyzing emotion...etc.
Notice that the above quotes both start with a question, then proceed with an after thought that is formed through analyzing.

Transcendentalism is a spiritual reality that is thought to be derived from intuition or instinct.