ABSTRACT
If it has been established that Nietzsche uses Emerson-has found uses for or ways of employing Emerson’s writing in his own work-the question of this essay becomes how? What does this case of use mean specifically for our understanding of Nietzsche’s work, and while we’re at it, more generally for the nature of engaging another’s work in the composition of one’s own prose? If we, like Nietzsche, are close readers of Emerson (and in turn, intimate readers of Nietzsche), then a reply to such questions may benefit from seeking out this shared source, in effect, to see what Emerson may have to say about our use of writing as such, especially insofar as we quote it, borrow it, transform it, and are inspired by it.
