Question

Which movement push the idea that an individual could go beyond themselves and listen to their own conscience not religion to learn about the truth of the universe

Answer 1

Transcendentalism. Thoreau and Emerson are sources to look at. Transcendetalism is a American literary , political and philosophical movement of the early nineteenth century centered through Ralph Waldo Emerson. They are transcendentalist. A transcendentalist is a person who accepts ideas not as religious beliefs but as a way of understanding life and relationships.