Thoreau and emerson portrayed the transcendentalist movement as an expression of

The answer to this question is Moral Idealism
Moreal idealism refers to someone who consider themselves as mroally right no matter what the circumtances is.
This type of behavior often displayed by transcendentalist who believed that they've achieve higher understanding upon divine wisdom compared to other person

It is meant that like tapestry scientific theories often need to pull out since they are not relevant and often times the whole chain of theories may be pulled out.