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The answer is transcendentalism. They were inspired by this philosophy. This was an experiment on applying communal living on Ellis farm led by George Ripley together with his own wife Sophia. The farmers shared a common goal by equally dividing their work and also have their time to spend
The founders of Brook Farm were inspired by the ideals of Transcendentalism. Transcendentalism was an idealistic philosophical and social movement which developed in New England around 1836 that taught that divinity pervades all nature and humanity, and its members held progressive views on feminism and communal living.