Transcendentalists vs. Transcendentals
A comparison of the Transcendentalist writers with transcendental numbers (π, Liouville's constant and e).
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[Transcendentalists: Emerson, Longfellow, Thoreau] vs. [Transcendentals: π 3.14159…, Σ10^(−k!) 0.110001…, e 2.71828…]
emerged in 19th century / emerged in 19th century · rejected constraints of organized society / rejected constraints of algebraic equations · radicals / not radicals · admired the strange depths of nature / emerged from the strange depths of nature · nonviolent / nonviolent (so far)