Which of the following best describes the Transcendentalist view of 'Intuition'?
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Correct answer: The primary human faculty enabling direct perception of truth
Transcendentalists believed that the 'inner light' or intuition was more reliable than sensory experience or logic. They taught that truth is found within the self rather than through external authorities.
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