tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471649638591328998.post7385211831646590234..comments2012-05-04T09:48:54.806-07:00Comments on The idea of the ordinary: Heidegger and EmersonKristen Casehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00311990318060061096noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471649638591328998.post-29130923587225283452012-03-01T15:51:47.070-08:002012-03-01T15:51:47.070-08:00I was reminded of Heidegger while reading this, to...I was reminded of Heidegger while reading this, too. In fact, Emerson says (of reading books), "We hear, that we may speak." Heidegger, in "The Way to Language," says, "Speaking is of itself a listening." They're talking about different things, but generally I think Emerson and Heidegger would agree upon the extent that the past influences the modern man (or in Emerson's case, scholar). Emerson, of course, takes this further, saying that to purely study the past does the scholar no good, though it is a good foundation upon which one may build a more progressive, thoughtful self.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com