...becomes a form; the attorney, a statute-book; the mechanic, a machine; the sailor, a rope of a ship. In this distribution of functions, the scholar is...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...

...with nationalism than with distinguishing between the true scholar and the false one in any country: "In the right state he is Man Thinking. In the degenerate...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,"...

...acquirements, special skill have greatly tended to limit the range of men's thoughts and working faculties, " In this distribution of functions the scholar is the...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,...

...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...