Marsha, I didn't pan down that far, I apologize , simply seeking to clarify that part of The essay which you seemed to believe was relevant to the thread title.
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 30, 2013, at 1:26 PM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Ron, > > I posted the youtube presentation of the entire (read aloud) essay. You may > check my original post and I will post it again so you might be a good > listener. So what is your complaint? > > Youtube for listening: > > http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4_36Y4mG_CI > > Text: > > http://www.emersoncentral.com/intellect.htm > > > Marsha > > > Marsha > > > > >> On Nov 30, 2013, at 1:05 PM, Ron Kulp <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Emerson's essay on intellect >> Is a brilliant example of the distinction >> Made between objective conceptions >> Of truth and artistic ones, after deconstructing the objective conceptions >> of his day he writes: >> "Intellect lies behind genius, which is constructive. Intellect is the >> simple power anterior to >> all action or construction." >> He begins to associate intellect >> As the fruit of art and the spontaneous ... >> "If we consider what persons have stimulated and profited us, we >> shall perceive the superiority of the spontaneous or intuitive >> principle over the arithmetical or logical. The first contains the >> second, but virtual and latent. We want, in every man, a long logic; >> we cannot pardon the absence of it, but it must not be spoken. Logic >> is the procession or proportionate unfolding of the intuition; but >> its virtue is as silent method; " >> >> Intellect is the unfolding of intuition >> >> "We are all wise. The difference >> persons is not in >> wisdom but in art. " >> >> The principle of art lies in community >> And communication .. >> >> " To genius must always >> go two gifts, the thought and the publication. The first is >> revelation, always a miracle, which no frequency of occurrence or >> incessant study can ever familiarize, but which must always leave the >> inquirer stupid with wonder. It is the advent of truth into the >> world, a form of thought now, for the first time, bursting into the >> universe, a child of the old eternal soul, a piece of genuine and >> immeasurable greatness. It seems, for the time, to inherit all that >> has yet existed, and to dictate to the unborn. It affects every >> thought of man, and goes to fashion every institution. But to make >> it available, it needs a vehicle or art by which it is conveyed to >> men." >> >> If Marsha were to post the entire essay. > > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
