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Expansion

I think this Walker Percy page ought to be edited slightly and expanded substantially. I'll try to work on it a bit.

Andrew Szanton 4/06

Tragic Suicide

Hi, I find it annoying that the article states J.K. Toole had a "tragic" suicide. this kind of generic subjectivism strikes me as unencycloptic (a word i might have just made up)

Cyclopsface 8/06

So change it! That's how Wikipedia works. --Paul 19:12, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The suicide was defined as tragic by Walter Percy himself and that is over any open grocery discussion as is this forum. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.29.149.130 (talk) 20:07, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Philosopher?

I want to suggest that we remove Walker Percy from the group "Roman Catholic philosophers." I do not dispute Percy's status as a devout Catholic who had a deep and serious interest in the intellectual life of his faith. However, someone's strong interest in a subject matter that informs creative work does not mean that this person deserves the title of practitioner in that field of amateur study. Likewise, W.H. Auden too was deeply interested in Christian philosophy and theology and Beckett was interested in early modern philosophy; it is quite common for writers to have philosophic interests, but this does not make them philosophers. Most importantly, Percy never produced any work in the field (unlike, say, Iris Murdoch, who was also a gifted novelist.) Percy is no more a philosopher than Bertrand Russell (who wrote some notoriously bad fiction) is a short story writer. It is seriously misleading to place Percy in the company of Roman Catholics who actually work in the discipline of philosophy, like Alasdair MacIntyre or Michael Dummett. Barring any further objections, I'd like to go ahead and clarify this soon.

Andrew M. Flynn (talk) 15:10, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As there have been no objections, I've again removed Percy from the list of "Roman Catholic Philosophers."

Andrew M. Flynn (talk) 20:40, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm coming to this after the fact, but a case could be made that the essays collected in "The Message in a Bottle" constitute some philosophical work, since they deal with the philosophy of language, thus making him a practitioner of philosophy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.71.71.120 (talk) 06:32, 25 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Because we got beat

Greetings ! I am asking for your help. The German Wikipedia cites Walker Percey answering to the question why the South has so many great writers „Because we got beat“ („Weil wir geschlagen wurden“, i.e. Because we were beaten). Is the sense/meaning of this translation correct? "Beat" like in "beaten"? Or is there another meaning to „Because we got beat“? --Grey Geezer (talk) 06:53, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Percy is referring to the South being on the losing side in the U.S. civil war. It does not refer to "beating" as in beating a disobedient dog.--Paul (talk) 14:12, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Paul. Thanks, thats what I thought. There is another German verb to describe that. Sincerely --83.141.221.231 (talk) 15:10, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Walker Percy, I understand.

Am I the only one figuring out that Walker was the factual author of Confederacy?

Or, art must be enjoyed regardless of its authorship? Joyce? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.29.149.130 (talk) 19:56, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Seems that the subject's medical degree is just mentioned in passing with little elaboration

The article seems to imply (by omission) but never states that despite the subject having had a medical degree from Columbia that he never actually practiced medicine. It seems odd that the article would not mention this if true or, if he had practiced medicine for whatever period of time, not state this either. Mr. (or Dr.?) Percy’s life seemed to closely parallel that of W. Somerset Maugham's who after gaining his medical degree and license, never actually practiced medicine (though he had as a medical student, delivering first aid and babies.) Both Percy and Maugham would suffer from tuberculosis. Is there any available sources on the subject to allow us to elaborate on this period of Percy’s life and why he chose not pursue a medical career?HistoryBuff14 (talk) 18:53, 10 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]