5/10/2023 0 Comments Leaves of grass song of myselfTranscendentalism at its core stems from the idea that every living thing in the universe is interconnected – that the “Oversoul” is a string of sorts, connecting each and every one of us to one another. It was largely inspired by romanticism and the ideas of the famous Greek philosopher Plato, whose Platonic definitions of love can be linked back to the idea of agapē as a whole as well. Transcendentalism was a philosophical movement that began to develop in the United States in the mid 1800s. In fact, the very idea of transcendentalism, one of Walt Whitman’s primary beliefs, deeply agrees with the feeling of agapē love. His famous free verse poem “Song of Myself” from his 1855 work Leaves of Grass promotes an overarching idea of the sort of humanity and connection that the idea of agapē love creates. Walt Whitman was an American poet from the 1800s who wrote about nature, transcendentalism, and love of all kinds. – Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself”, Verse I
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