Kevin is probably a bit aggressive. Nevertheless, if you came up with the pretty much brilliant theory of forms, and then someone argued that
you're doing something useless because Plato already said it all... he would be right, in a sense, wouldn't he. You would be free not to read Plato
all the same, because you just can't read everything.
In that case, you should also never complain or be surprised if academic philosophers don't pay attention to you. Your relevance to Philosophy as a
discipline would amount to a matter of luck.
It is possible that a relevant philosopher has never read some other relevant philosopher. This does not mean that it cannot happen that your
philosophy is not relevant because you didn't read some relevant philosopher.
marco ha scritto:
> Kevin, (with a p.s. to Horse and Diana)
>
> And how do you define a *legitimate* philosopher?
>
> I'm interested to become a legitimate philosopher. Can you please tell me where can I get the credentials?
>
> :-)
>
> Marco
>
> p.s.
> by the way, it's not the first time that Heidegger emerges on these pages.... (one example: "LS On Heidegger" by Don Palmgren Sat, 29 Aug 1998)
>
> Just an idea, Horse and Diana: what about setting a search engine on the MOQ home page for deep searches in the past archives?
>
> > how can pirsig claim to write as a legitimate philosopher
> > when he fails to review or consider
> > martin heidegger's 'being and time'?
> >
> > and how can pirsig claim to philosophize
> > in an original and creative way,
> > considering heidegger accomplished what merely pirsig tried to,
> > only earlier, more comprehensively, and downright better?
> >
> >
>
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