I think that bitterness and irritability are just examples of what makes us
human - it's that talent for not accepting the world 'a is' that
distinguishes us from other species. In my 5-year old, I've observed it as
'the capacity for dissatisfaction', and I think Pirsig's capacity was at the
root of why he wrote what he did. Kind of opposite the bovine species,
really.
Actually, I've always had the suspicion that the secret of eternal happiness
was something that could not be passed on precisely because it includes NO
DESIRE WHATSOEVER to communicate it to others. Thus, the most enlightened
among us may be the most invisible; conversely, the most un-enlightened may
well be the most entertaining.....
cheers
pl
----- Original Message -----
From: <Enliten3@aol.com>
To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
Sent: 09 November 2000 22:11
Subject: Re: MD Deconstruction and Quality?
> In a message dated 00-11-09 06:44:12 EST, you write:
>
> << As a matter of interest, has anybody formally compared non-dichotomous
> Quality metaphysics with the deconstructionist analysis of traditional
> metaphysics as undertaken by Jacques 'The Outside Is The Inside' Derrida
or
> the other sixties post-structuralists? if there's anything in the
archives
> about this I'd be v. interested to read it.
> Cheers.
> James >>
>
> My guess would be "no"...but if you find anything please let me know. The
> only post-structuralist I have any familiarity with is Foucault but I
found
> his writing to be so filled with bitterness and irritability (IMHO) that I
> had to quit halfway through. Then again most of those 50s and 60s french
> philos were filled with bitterness and irritability...come to think of it,
> most all philosophers are filled with bitterness and irritability...then
> again, I am too...does that make me a philosopher?
>
> Clarke
>
>
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