Transcendentalists

A. believed every person's goal should be the cultivation of "reason."

B. rejected European intellectuals.

C. believed all individuals should develop their intellectualism.

D. argued that emotional responses inhibited the internal development of individuals.

E. argued for the liberating potential of "understanding."

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