Transcendentalism emerged as a philosophical reaction against which two movements?
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Correct answer: Puritanism and the Enlightenment's strict rationalism
Transcendentalists felt that Unitarianism had become too 'cold' and rational, while Puritanism was too restrictive. They sought a more emotional, intuitive, and personal experience of the divine that transcended sensory evidence.
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