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#33 - The Loss of the Creature
Manage episode 238615088 series 2282338
Scott and Dr. Karl Schudt discuss Walker Percy's essay on how preconceived ideas about experiences cause us to overlook their essence.
Why do so many people surrender their experiences of things to the way others want those people to experience them?
How do we get around Percy's "symbolic complex" of a book or a place, and find a way to experience the thing in itself?
Can we be sovereign in our engagement with the world?
Use the discount OGBPODCAST to save 25% on enrollment at Online Great Books!
179 episodes
Manage episode 238615088 series 2282338
Scott and Dr. Karl Schudt discuss Walker Percy's essay on how preconceived ideas about experiences cause us to overlook their essence.
Why do so many people surrender their experiences of things to the way others want those people to experience them?
How do we get around Percy's "symbolic complex" of a book or a place, and find a way to experience the thing in itself?
Can we be sovereign in our engagement with the world?
Use the discount OGBPODCAST to save 25% on enrollment at Online Great Books!
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