There is no way that anyone could prove his idea of seeing “it”. One could say that the Grand Canyon is beautiful, or their experience with a secret tribe in Mexico was amazing, and one could say that they had just had the best lesson on sonnets in their biology class than they ever did in theyr english class. Still there is no telling if someone has really seen “it”. The idea of “it” is the same as the idea of love. Yes people fall in love, and yes people may see “it”, but there is no measuring how much you love someone just as there is no measuring how you can see “it”. Individual perspective creates a wall in studying the methods of Walker Percy’s argument. Different people see in different ways.
Ryan
September 11, 2006 at 10:06 pm
I really liked how you used the idea of love because it added to your argument very well. It also worked well with Percy’s ideas about how people see things differently.
September 11, 2006 at 10:15 pm
I like that you mentioned about love. That idea make your writing better to understand and agree with it. I agree with your saying different ways. There is no specific ways to see it.
September 13, 2006 at 9:51 pm
Excellent point, there is no way to measure a “real experience” – so how do we understand Percy’s idea of trying to recover the authenticity of experience given what you have said above?
September 13, 2006 at 10:17 pm
Dear Ryan,
You are completely right. I don’t know about you but i definitely hate working with something that I can’t prove is right. Maybe that’s why I want to be a science major?
Rachel
September 20, 2006 at 9:29 pm
Ryan,
Where is your blog post on Berger?