RE: MD Good is already a noun

From: marco (marble@inwind.it)
Date: Tue Jan 08 2002 - 14:05:15 GMT


Erin, Rick, all

Erin asks:

> But where I am getting a little confused is should Pirsig have written
> "Good is a noun and a verb." or "Good (n) seems to be a verb"
>
> Do you think we are eliminating something from this discussion by ignoring
> verbs, or am I missing something?

funny enough. This was Rick, one year ago to MF:

> I just thought it might be worth pointing out that Pirsig makes
> it quite explicit in the last paragraph of LILA that "Good is a
> noun".... Not a verb... Good is a verb? What could that mean?
> Of course, he also refers often to a "Quality Event"... (which
> makes the "Good is a noun" thing kind of pointless since
> all "events" are nouns) ...what do you think would be the
> "verb" of a Quality Event???

Well, I don't know if Rick had found the answer. I'd suggest:

"Good is a noun, Better is a verb".

That's all, folks!
Marco

p.s.
No it was not all. Searching the archives I read that once Rich Pretti wrote to MF (Aug '99) more or less the same....:
"Good is a noun, Best is a verb".

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