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  • From: Henry Mills <wppdirector AT gmail.com>
  • To: Percy-L AT lists.ibiblio.org:Literary and Philosophical Discussion <percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [percy-l] LITR Slow Read
  • Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 01:27:12 -0400

Ah, yes, Rhonda, to me sometimes the randomness (seeming?) of the cosmos will cast a message in a bottle back upon our shore. All of us on the collective shore of Percy-L thank you, and Patrick forthcoming, for continuing to lead us into Percy's wonderful world of strange signposts in their insights about the enduring human search for transcendent meaning beyond the "vacuous self," the ghost in the machine that inhabits each.

For me, as another prominent role he occupies, Percy is a writer who "speaks" to us in a novel form about an age when we more often than not are told that only the empirical or the material matters as a reigning worldview. Of course, one need only look as far as Percy's essay, "Culture: The Antinomy of the Scientific Method," in Message in the Bottle to see him initiate semiotic trouble there, with such poignant Percy-esque questions as: "who is studying the scientists?".

I hope you will join me in a toast of bourbon to the good Doctor Percy and the enjoyable read of LiTR we continue. Despite the sometimes political differences that jaunt across our list, we all share in our community a common appreciation for Percy's work. I say let that appreciation continue, even when proverbially the sand trap beckons.

Best,
Henry


On 7/21/14, 9:09 PM, RHONDA MCDONNELL wrote:
My mistake, Folks,

Patrick Lynch will be leading us off next week on the July 4th section. His
initial message somehow was lost in the cosmos, but he was patient enough to
resend!

Rhonda

Sent from my iPad
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