..."Self-Reliance," but with reverberations going back to a crucial distinction in Nature. The paragraph begins, "Man is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright;...say 'I think,' 'I am' but quotes some saint or sage" (E&L 270). But of course Emerson is at that very moment, as Cavell points out, not only saying his...

...resonance and vitality. The routines of language also become vain repetitions. As Emerson puts it, "Man is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright;...'I think,' 'I am,' but quotes some saint or sage." 33 The ironic echo of Descartes slyly belies—or does it enliven?—this melancholy assertion. Or...

...On Liberty, just for good measure. Note the three-part harmony in the following citations. Emerson: "Man is timid and apologetic. He is no longer upright....not say, 'I think,' 'I am,' but quotes some saint or sage."46 Heidegger: "Primarily my 'I am' is not that of my own self, but that of the others whose way...

...Autorität als Spreeher.2" Weitere einschlägige Stellen stehen in Emersons Aufsatz „Self-Reliance": „Man is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright; he dares not say ,1 think', ,1 am', but quotes some saint or sage. He is ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing...

...and to be able to say that and how I can exist. Cavell connects a line from Emerson's 'Self-Reliance' ('Man is timid, and apologetic; he is no longer upright; he dares not to say "I think," "I am," but quotes some saint or sage') with the following formulation of the cogito...

...magnificent work of nature. A decade passes in the schoolroom, and he has become, in the language of Emerson, "timid and apologetic ; he is no longer upright; he...ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing rose." The fall of man is complete! He goes forth into the world with the sources of his true nurture dried...