| Patrick J. Keane - 2005 - 575 páginas
..."Self-Reliance," but with reverberations going back to a crucial distinction in Nature. The paragraph begins, "Man is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright;...say 'I think,' 'I am' but quotes some saint or sage" (E&L 270). But of course Emerson is at that very moment, as Cavell points out, not only saying his... | |
| Lawrence F. Rhu - 2006 - 284 páginas
...resonance and vitality. The routines of language also become vain repetitions. As Emerson puts it, "Man is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright;...'I think,' 'I am,' but quotes some saint or sage." 33 The ironic echo of Descartes slyly belies—or does it enliven?—this melancholy assertion. Or... | |
| Nikolas Kompridis - 2011 - 355 páginas
...On Liberty, just for good measure. Note the three-part harmony in the following citations. Emerson: "Man is timid and apologetic. He is no longer upright....not say, 'I think,' 'I am,' but quotes some saint or sage."46 Heidegger: "Primarily my 'I am' is not that of my own self, but that of the others whose way... | |
| Antje Korsmeier - 2006 - 208 páginas
...Autorität als Spreeher.2" Weitere einschlägige Stellen stehen in Emersons Aufsatz „Self-Reliance": „Man is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright; he dares not say ,1 think', ,1 am', but quotes some saint or sage. He is ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing... | |
| Ludger H. Viefhues-Bailey - 2007 - 210 páginas
...and to be able to say that and how I can exist. Cavell connects a line from Emerson's 'Self-Reliance' ('Man is timid, and apologetic; he is no longer upright; he dares not to say "I think," "I am," but quotes some saint or sage') with the following formulation of the cogito... | |
| Nicholas Murray Butler, Frank Pierrepont Graves, William McAndrew - 1895 - 538 páginas
...magnificent work of nature. A decade passes in the schoolroom, and he has become, in the language of Emerson, "timid and apologetic ; he is no longer upright; he...ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing rose." The fall of man is complete! He goes forth into the world with the sources of his true nurture dried... | |
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