Read the excerpt from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s "Self-Reliance."

These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world. Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. .

Which transcendental belief does this excerpt best illustrate?

Society and government corrupt the individual.

Society helps people express their individuality.

Societal rules are less important than an individual’s conscience.

Societal rules are necessary to maintain order among the people

One of the biggest beliefs of transcendentalism is that society and government corrupt the individual, the other 3 aren't even transcendental beliefs in the first place.

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azikennamdi azikennamdi · Answer 2 · 2022-07-05T11:58:42+02:00

The transcendental belief does that the excerpt best illustrates is: "Society and government corrupt the individual." (Option A)

What is a transcendental belief?

Transcendental belief refers to the philosophy that people and nature are inherently good, and that institutions have a way of purifying the goodness in people.

Hence, the correction option is option A which indicates that "Society and government corrupt the individual."

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