...proper ends. "In [an appropriate] distribution of functions," he writes, "the scholar is the designated intellect. In the right state, he is, Man Thinking....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...

...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...

...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,...

..."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...

...Woman thought in its destinies. —Elizabeth Oakes Smith, 1851 1 In the divided or social state ... the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state, he is, Man Thinking. I have now spoken of the education of the scholar ... It remains to say somewhat of his duties. They...

...proper ends. "In [an appropriate] distribution of functions," he writes, "the scholar is the designated intellect. In the right state, he is, Man Thinking....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...

...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...

...modern society. Professional thinkers are okay with Emerson as long as they don't think too much. In this distribution of functions, the scholar is the...or, still worse, the parrot of other men's thinking. . . . But the old oracle said, "All things have two handles: beware of the wrong one." In life, too...

...the splendors and defined the duties of a new intellectual identity. The scholar, Emerson explains, is "Man Thinking. In the degenerate state, when the...or, still worse, the parrot of other men's thinking" (Essays and Lectures, 54). In Emerson's view, society victimizes persons by prescribing soul-killing...

...form ; the attorney, a statute book; the mechanic, a machine; the sailor, a rope of a ship. In the distribution of functions the scholar is the delegated...intellect. In the right state he is man thinking." TEACHING AS A PROFESSIONAL LIFE. Summary and Comment by AB Roberts. The subject of Mr. Suzallo's second...