Philosophy
€“ which literally means the love of
wisdom €“ was very important in the life and thinking of
Flannery OConnor.
Although OConnor was herself a deeply devout Christian and a professed Roman
Catholic, and although she read widely in theological works, she was also intensely
interested
in philosophy, especially modern philosophy.
OConnors interest in philosophy
is especially apparent in her short
story titled . One of the main characters of that work, a
young woman
originally named Joy who changes her name to Hulga, actually has studied
philosophy
at the graduate level and even has a Ph.D. in the subject. In
other words, Hulga should ideally
be a very wise, thoughtful, intelligent,
and reasonable person. Her study of philosophy,
however, has only given her
one more reason to consider...
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