| − | Transcendentalism has its roots in European ideals, specifically those of Germanic origin.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ok3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA4|last1=Frothingham|first1=Octavius Brooks|title=Transcendentalism in New England: A History}}</ref> Kant, Fichte, and Jacobi stand as the major early figures. | + | Transcendentalism has its roots in European ideals, specifically those of Germanic origin.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ok3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA4|last1=Frothingham|first1=Octavius Brooks|title=Transcendentalism in New England: A History}}</ref> [[Immanuel Kant]], [[Johann Gottlieb Fichte]], and Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi stand as the major early figures. |