ENGL 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Objective Correlative, Abeyance, Total Depravity
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Emerson: quotes from 558-565 (all the highlighted pieces) Speech given to phi beta kappa society- but unfortunately we have cut you off from the trunk or specialized you and cut you off of liberally educating you. Specialization has caused the lost of the whole person. Define american scholar: it is man thinking or critical thinking. What are the 3 influences: nature- related to micro/macro. Know thyself and study nature : books- we have become bookworms not men thinking. The mischief- if the book goes in then comes out; it is no use to you, without thinking about the content. Hence, instead of man thinking, we have the bookworm. : action- to make it apart of yourself in thought. But the final value of action, like that of books, and better than books, is, that it is a resource. 3 quotes before the essay: do not search outside yourself (the latin line, don"t look beyond yourself, look at your star.
