6。 Transcendentalism aa philosophic and literary movement that flourished in New England, particularly at Concord (c. 1836--60), as a reaction against 18th-century rationalism, the skeptical philosophy of Locke, and the confining religious orthodoxy of New England Calvinism. This romantic idealistic, mystical, and individualistic belief was more a cast of thought than a systematic philosophy. It was eclectic in nature and had many sources 1313 6. Transcendentalism ◼ A philosophic and literary movement that flourished in New England, particularly at Concord (c.1836—60), as a reaction against 18th-century rationalism, the skeptical philosophy of Locke, and the confining religious orthodoxy of New England Calvinism. This romantic, idealistic, mystical, and individualistic belief was more a cast of thought than a systematic philosophy. It was eclectic in nature and had many sources