 The mind now thinks, now acts; and each fit reproduces the other. When the artist has exhausted his materials, when the fancy no longer paints, when thoughts are no longer apprehended and books are a weariness — he has always the resource to live.  Essays, orations and lectures - Page 60by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 385 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Carr - 2006 - 180 pages
...is no different from Emerson's world to our own: heroism follows from character; it is a world where "Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the...the functionary. The stream retreats to its source. A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.""' On what is the heroic character... | |
 | Philip Cafaro - 2006 - 289 pages
...all. "The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action past by, as a loss of power." And again: "Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function. Living is the functionary. ... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think." 14 In current terms, "The American... | |
 | Kenneth S. Sacks - 2008 - 228 pages
...transmission and reflection," as Newton called them, are the law of nature because they are the law of spirit. The mind now thinks; now acts; and each fit reproduces...the functionary. The stream retreats to its source. A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think. Does he lack organ or medium to impart... | |
 | John T. Lysaker - 2008 - 244 pages
...or habitual way of being. And this resonates with Emerson's observation in "The American Scholar": "Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function. Living is the functionary" (CW1, 61). The point merits underscoring because, as I've already noted, what Emerson offers is less... | |
| |
