 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
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 2002 - 457 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...worse, the parrot of other men's thinking. In this vie^ of him, as Man thinking, the theory of his office is contained. Him Nature solicits with all her... | |
 | Darrel Abel - 2002 - 538 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...or still worse, the parrot of other men's thinking. and action. The American scholar should not be primarily a booklearned man but a strong natural genius:... | |
 | David LaRocca - 2003 - 122 pages
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 | Christina Russell McDonald, Robert L. McDonald - 2002 - 324 pages
...American Scholar," Emerson argues that creative expression potentially activates "Man-Thinking, "whereas "in the degenerate state, when the victim of society,...or, still worse, the parrot of other men's thinking" (54). By questioning the received wisdom of Old World dogma, Emerson's new American Scholar develops... | |
 | Kenneth Sacks - 2003 - 426 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...thinking. In this view of him, as Man Thinking, the whole theory of his office is contained. Him nature solicits, with all her placid, all her monitory... | |
 | Martin Bickman - 2003 - 193 pages
...distinguishing between the true scholar and the false one in any country: "In the right state he is Man Thinking. In the degenerate state, when the victim...or, still worse, the parrot of other men's thinking" (p. 54). "Man Thinking," as the present participial construction suggests, is always in process. "Thinker,"... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 2004 - 457 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...the parrot of other men's thinking. In this view of Mm, as Man thinking, the theory of Ms office is continued. Him Nature solicits with all her placid,... | |
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