...is essential. Without it, he is not yet man. Without it, thought can never ripen into truth. Whilst the world hangs before the eye as a cloud of beauty,...is action. Only so much do I know, as I have lived. Instantly we know whose words are loaded with life, and whose not. The world, — this shadow of the...

...contemplation, by inverting the traditional priority of theory over practice and rendering universality finite. "The preamble of thought, the transition through which...it passes from the unconscious to the conscious," Emerson tells the listeners of "The American Scholar," "is action. Only so much do I know, as I have...

...it is essential. Without it he is not yet man. Without it thought can never ripen into truth. . . . The preamble of thought, the transition through which...is action. Only so much do I know, as I have lived. Instantly we know whose words are loaded with life, and whose not. This world, — this shadow of the...

...••-. •••• •.' ' . .: '. :'. •.•>'•. V.. i role of action in scholarship or thought: "The preamble of thought, the transition; : through...conscious, is action. Only so much ' ., ' .;:.';.''.-'. do 1 know, as 1 have lived." The emphasis on "results" or "consequences," on the and the future, is characteristic...

...in the book but in the world, and the scholar drew vital energy from action in the world, which was "the preamble of thought, the transition through which...it passes from the unconscious to the conscious." The world was the "shadow of the soul," and active encounter with the world rejuvenated the soul, providing...

...the primacy of action and the development of thought from action, rather than the other way around: "The preamble of thought, the transition through which...from the unconscious to the conscious, is action." 4 My study happens to emerge during a pragmatist revival of sorts.5 But it also happens that it does...

...said: "Action is with the scholar subordinate, but it is essential. Without it, he is not yet man . . . The preamble of thought, the transition through which...from the unconscious to the conscious, is action." Yet in the late 1830s Emerson shed obligations faster than he acquired them. In the spring of 1838...

...Man Thinking are to be put in action: Without it [action], thought can never ripen into truth. . . . Inaction is cowardice, but there can be no scholar...is action. Only so much do I know, as I have lived. Instantly we know whose words are loaded with life, and whose not.19 And again: "The mind now thinks,...

...is essential. Without it, he is not yet man. Without it, thought can never ripen into truth. Whilst the world hangs before the eye as a cloud of beauty,...is action. Only so much do I know, as I have lived. Instantly we know whose words are loaded with life, and whose not. The world — this shadow of the...

...is essential. Without it, he is not yet man. Without it, thought can never ripen into truth. Whilst the world hangs before the eye as a cloud of beauty,...is action. Only so much do I know, as I have lived. Instantly we know whose words are loaded with life, and whose not. The world, — this shadow of the...