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MelanieReyes
Ms.Urciuoli
EnglishIIHonors
April2016
TheBenefitofIdeology(ies)forHumankind
Whilelivinginaworldofchaos,ourmindsandthoughtsaretheonlythingswecontrol.
Itsjustamatterofwhatwegettaughtintheworld.DeceasedauthorsEdgarAllanPoeand
HenryDavidThoreauboththoughtoftheworlddifferently.HenryDavidThoreauhadamain
focusaboutthewaysofnature.EdgarAllanPoehadaphilosophyontheflawsofhumankind.
BoththeseauthorsareexamplesofgroupstheywerepartofknownasTranscendentalistsand
AntiTranscendentalists,wherebothgroupshaveadifferentmindsettowardslife.Asoftodays
society,whichideologyismorebeneficialtohumankind?Ibelievethattheworldwillbenefit
morefrombothTranscendentalistandAntiTranscendentalistideology.Thereasonwhyis
becauseasourindustrialsocietygrowsandgrowseveryday,weneedthatextrapushtowork
hardonourownfuturebutalsothinkaboutthepeoplearoundus.
Tohelpyoubetterunderstand,Transcendentalistswereagroupmainlyfocusedon
findingGodthroughnature.Theyreprinciplesincluded
manisborngood,childrenareGods
mostperfectcreation,onecanonlyfindgodinandthroughnature,thebeliefinuniversaltruths,
andtheoversoulpoolconcept(
TranscendentalismVSAnti(1).doc,3)
.
Theybelievedthatone
mustfindgodthroughnaturesserenesetting.ThesereneandpeacefulsettingsymbolizesGods
level,soonemustbeinnaturetobeinthesamelevelasGod.AntiTranscendentalistsonthe
otherhandwerequitethecontrary.Theywereveryindustrialisticandhadtheprincipalsof
man

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isbornwiththestainoftheoriginalsin,manisthemostdestructiveforceinnature,onecan
onlyfindGodthroughgoodworksandlifeexperience.TherearenoUniversaltruthsjust
individualtruths,andthereisnooversouljustHeavenandHell
(
TranscendentalismVSAnti
(1).doc,4).
Whentheylookedatnature,theysawitasdestructivebecauseofthedangers
involvedwithitsuchashurricanes,floods,earthquakes,diseases,etc.
Theworldcanbenefitmorefrombothideologiesbecause,asagrowingsociety,weare
soinclinedtofocusonourownfuturethatitcouldoralreadyhaveleadustogreed.Ibelievethat
hardgoodworkcanleadyoutoamorehappylifebutwealsoneedthebeliefthatmanisborn
good.Thatissopeoplecanachievesuccesswithouthavingtohurtorbeagainstothers.An
exampleusedtoexplainthisconceptintodayssocietythathappensalotisidentitytheft.People
stealotherpeoplespersonalbelongingsforpersonalgainandprobablyforthemoney.What
thesepeopleneedtolearnfrombothideologiesisthatyouneedtoworkhardinordertogetwhat
youwantbuttheyneedthebeliefthatmanisinherentlygoodthereforetheywillworkhard
withoutthecausingofevilagainstothers.
Identitytheftisjustascratchinthesurfaceofknowingthegreedpeoplehaveinthe
world.Somethinghugethatisstillhappeningthatmostpeopledontevenknowaboutishow
peopleinAngola,Africaaretreatedwhendiggingfordiamonds.Manyoftheworld'sdiamonds
areminedusingpracticesthatexploitworkers,children,andcommunities.Amilliondiamond
diggersinAfricaearnlessthanadollaraday.Minersaredyinginaccidents,childlaboris
widespread,andcorruptleadersaredeprivingdiamondminingcommunitiesoffundsbadly
neededforeconomicdevelopment.(ConflictDiamondsBrilliantearth.com).Toaddin,
childrenages516makeup46%ofminersintheLundaNorteprovinceofAngola.Thisisjusta

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gistofwhatgoesonintheminingindustryThisshowshowgreedhastakenoverpeopleinorder
tostriveforsuccesswhichtothemmeansbeingrich.Iftheworldhadbothphilosophiesof
TranscendentalismandAntitranscendentalism,thiswouldntbehappening.Theleadersofthe
miningindustrywouldrealizethatwhattheyaredoingisnthardgoodwork,itsaneasywayto
getatlife.
Wecomeintothisworldinnocent.Ourlifeexperiencesiswhatmakesusreallythink
abouttheworldaroundussoweneedagoodphilosophytofollow.Transcendentalistand
AntiTranscendentalistphilosophiesbothmakegoodpointsintheperspectivesoflife.Asa
result,acombinationofthetwophilosophiesistheanswerforthebeneficialideologyfor
humankind.Thereasonwhyisbecauseasourindustrialsocietygrowsandgrowseveryday,we
needthatextrapushtoworkhardonourownfuturebutalsothinkaboutthepeoplearoundus.

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