Percy-L: Literary, Religious, Scientific, and Philosophical Discussion of Walker Percy

["Tommy Armstrong" <tfa AT brickengraver.com>]

I got it second hand and have never verified it as I loaned my copy to a friend. Lost in the Cosmos

 

http://www.ibiblio.org/wpercy/burkhardt.html

 

Embedded in the article.

 

Tommy

 

One the other hand, if one is thought an idler and a bum, one is free to do what one pleases...

http://www.wfu.edu/~matthetl/south/twenty.html

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From: percy-l-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:percy-l-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Karey
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 6:09 PM
To: Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion
Subject: Re: [percy-l] Question

Hi Tommy - Where is the Percy quote below located, the one about the cat and the tree?

 

Karey

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From: Tommy Armstrong

To: 'Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion'

Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 12:32 PM

Subject: RE: [percy-l] Question

Signposts in a Strange Land.

 

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0374523452/104-9979306-9920725

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0374523452/ref=sib_dp_bod_toc/104-9979306-9920725?%5Fencoding=UTF8&p=S008#reader-page

 

tommy Armstrong

 

"If you're a big enough fool to climb a tree and like a cat refuse to come down, then someone who loves you has to make as big a fool of himself to rescue you."

W Percy

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From: percy-l-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:percy-l-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Dermot A Lane
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 5:13 AM
To: Percy-L AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [percy-l] Question

Dear list,

 

Walker Percy wrote an article in 1984 diagnosoing the malaise of modernity and postmodernity. Does anyone know of the date and location of this article,  and where it might be obtained?

 

D. Lane

 

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