 In this distribution of functions the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state he is Man Thinking. In the degenerate state, when the victim of society, he tends to become a mere thinker, or still worse, the parrot of other men's thinking.  Nature: Addresses, and Lectures - Page 73by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 315 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1925 - 700 pages
...harvests. "The scholar," says Emerson, "is in the right state Man Thinking. In the degenerate state, he tends to become a mere thinker, or, still worse, the parrot of other men's thinking." The parrot of other men's thinking! The parrot — of other men's thinking. These words have a peculiar... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 658 pages
...distribution of functions the scholar is the delegated intellect,-- In the right state he is ^^ Man Thinking. In the degenerate state, when the victim...thinking. ~] In this view of him, as Man Thinking, the rneory of his office is contained. Him Nature solicits with all her placid, all her monitory pictures... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 388 pages
...intellect. In the right state he is ; Mnn Thinkiny. In the degenerate 'state, when the vietim of socicty, he tends to become a mere thinker, or still worse, the parrot of other men's thinking. In this vicw of him, as Man Thinking, the the; ory of his office is contained. Him Nature solicits with all... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1887 - 386 pages
...this distribution of functions the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state he is Man Thinking. In the degenerate state, when the victim...still worse, the parrot of other men's thinking. In thisjview of_him, as_ Man Thinking^tbe. the: ory of his office is contained. Him Nature solicits with... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 608 pages
...this distribution of functions the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state he is Man thinking. In the degenerate state, when the victim...pictures; him the past instructs; him the future invites." Emerson proceeds to describe and illustrate the influences of nature upon the mind, returning to the... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 590 pages
...this distribution of functions the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state he is Man thinking. In the degenerate state, when the victim...; him the past instructs ; him the future invites. " Emerson proceeds to describe and illustrate the influences of nature upon the mind, returning to... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 598 pages
...this distribution of functions the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state he is Man thinking. In the degenerate state, when the victim...; him the past instructs ; him the future invites. " Emerson proceeds to describe and illustrate the influences of nature upon the mind, returning to... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 616 pages
...this distribution of functions the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state he is Man thinking. In the degenerate state, when the victim...pictures; him the past instructs; him the future invites." Emerson proceeds to describe and illustrate the influences of nature upon the mind, returning to the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 126 pages
...this distribution of functions, the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state, he is, Man Thinking. In the degenerate state, when the victim...tends to become a mere thinker, or, still worse, the parrot2 of other men's thinking. In this view of him, as Man Thinking, the theory of his office is... | |
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