 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
 | Paul Scott Derrick, Paul Scott - 2003 - 162 pages
...ceases to be a vital, original creator of ideas and becomes a vapid imitator. As Emerson expresses it, "In the degenerate state, when the victim of society,...or still worse, the parrot of other men's thinking" (54). This is one more indication of the deeply subversive quality of Emerson's stance. Any culture... | |
 | Philip Cafaro - 2010 - 288 pages
...of functions," he writes, "the scholar is the designated intellect. In the right state, he is, Man Thinking. In the degenerate state, when the victim...thinker, or, still worse, the parrot of other men's thinking."5 Cut off from experience, the scholars' thought may become far-fetched and pointless, failing... | |
 | Georg Negwer - 2004 - 213 pages
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 | Michael Cody - 2004 - 220 pages
...worthless. In his address on the American Scholar, Emerson identifies an individual educated in this way as "a mere thinker, or still worse, the parrot of other men's thinking" (Oration 5); similarly, Brown says, "Many are familiar with the Latin and the Grecian compositions,... | |
 | Denis Donoghue - 2008 - 303 pages
..."Man Thinking," "the designated intellect." But that is to imagine him in his right or ideal state. "In the degenerate state, when the victim of society,...thinker, or, still worse, the parrot of other men's thinking."3 He is the victim of society when he merely thinks in the forms prescribed for him, which... | |
 | Philip Cafaro - 2006 - 289 pages
...of functions," he writes, "the scholar is the designated intellect. In the right state, he is, Man Thinking. In the degenerate state, when the victim...thinker, or, still worse, the parrot of other men's thinking."5 Cut off from experience, the scholars' thought may become far-fetched and pointless, failing... | |
 | Lawrence F. Rhu - 2006 - 284 pages
...in Essays and Poems, 53-71, 54: "In the degenerate state, when the victim of society, [the scholar] tends to become a mere thinker, or, still worse, the parrot of other men's thinking." Jesus' words come from Matt. 6:7 (KJV). 15. Cavell, Disowning Knowledge, 126. 16. Stanley Cavell, The... | |
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