>>16273054Very interesting character, particularly his thoughts on the running exercises, "running against the forces of darkness ... all the evil in the world, all the hatred." So the Wikipedia article states. Transcendentalism in nature is to accept one's spirit and coexist with the chaos induced by the Universe, or so that is my opinion for now. I would read the works of Emerson and Thoreau, even Walt Whitman was involved with the movement during Highschool. My teacher was quite passionate with the beliefs and I heard that after my year of graduation he disappeared.