But what are we to make of a man who is committed in the most radical sense to the proposition that truth is attainable by science and that emotional gratification is attainable by interacting with one's environment and at the highest level by the enjoyment of art? It seems that everything is settled for him. But something is wrong. He has settled everything except what it is to live as an individual. He still has to get through an ordinary Wednesday afternoon. Such a man is something like the young man Kierkegaard described who was given the task of keeping busy all day and finished the task at noon. What does this man do with the rest of the day?
the rest of his life?
--Walker Percy, Signposts in a Strange Land (1991)
Thanks for contributing, Kyle!
ReplyDeleteAlso, a little bird called Rick B. (no, that's too obvious; let's say R. Barry) told me today is your birthday. So—happy birthday!