Monday, September 7, 2009
Emerson's speech
First off, Emerson is a very elaborate writer, everything he composes is so descriptive and thick. It makes it difficult to read through, but nonetheless i enjoyed his writing. In the beginning of the article he keeps coming up with comparisons of man to god or man to emotion or actions and etc. I thought the quote "Man fallen into superstition, into sensuality, is never wholly without the visions of the moral sentiment" was very intriguing and I'm curious as what the deeper meaning of that is. Also, further on in the article, Emerson continues to fall back on the idea that man must be ruled by religion. Almost every other line, involves God, or almighty, or some other relation to God. I think that his opinions are very strong, and he sticks to them. His speech is almost demanding for the audience to pray and go to church immediately. I feel that he got kicked out, because he was attempting to convince the crowd to accept religion in the way that he did, and evidently the school was not okay with that.
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I thought it was more of a diss towards religion. That's why most people did not agree with his views. However, I do agree that his opinions were very strong and convincing. The only problem he had was his audience.
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ReplyDeleteGood post! I'm glad that our discussion seems to have clarified some of the confusion you felt at the outset (as evidenced by your comments here, which seem to demonstrate a much better understanding both of Emerson's ideas, and the source of the hostility with which they were met by this particular audience).