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Showing posts with label Emerson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Emerson. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

In the "Divinity School Address," Emerson frequently refers to beauty (e.g., thrice on p. 3). What does it have to do with the sentiment of virtue?

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Labels: Divinity School Address, Emerson

"What greater clamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship (p. 8)?"

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Monday, October 31, 2011

How can it be that "we are now men...not minors (p. 170)," yet we should find models in babies & boys (pp. 170-1)?

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Labels: Emerson, Self-Reliance

Is it pointless to look for inconsistencies in "Self-Reliance," given that "a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds (p. 174)?"

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If "no man can violate his nature (p. 174)," why does Emerson feel compelled to exhort individuals to be nonconformists?

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Is self-reliance of value in itself, or for its service to some other value(s)?

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Find an example of a change in Emerson's views between the "Address" (1838) & "Self-Reliance" (1841).

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Labels: Divinity School Address, Emerson, Self-Reliance
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