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existing beyond or outside the limits of the natural or physical world
- The mystic claimed to have seen a transcendental realm beyond human perception.
- The poet described love as a transcendental force untouched by time.
- Many religions posit a transcendental reality beyond nature.
- The concept of a transcendental being lies at the heart of many theologies.
- The artist sought to express transcendental beauty through abstract forms.
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relating to or characteristic of a philosophy that emphasizes intuition and the spiritual over empirical or material experience
- Emerson's writings are central to American transcendental thought.
- Transcendental philosophy values inner insight above sensory evidence.
- Kant's notion of the "transcendental" concerns the conditions that make knowledge possible.
- The movement promoted transcendental ideals of self-reliance and spiritual truth.
- The essay explores how transcendental ideas shaped 19th-century literature.