Which of the following best describes the Transcendental Club, which had its first meeting in the 1830s?

The Transcendental Club was an intellectual and literary club which held its first meeting in the 1830s. Its members, who included some of the leading literary and philosophical figures of the time such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and Margaret Fuller, shared an interest in transcendentalism. This movement emphasized personal intuition and experience as a means of knowing truth and looking beyond traditional religious dogma and rationalism. The members of the club used their meetings to discuss and debate ideas related to transcendentalism, as well as other scientific and artistic topics. Its legacy includes inspiring the formation of other such intellectual clubs, the birth of popular journals like The Dial, and the construction of utopian communities like Brook Farm.