From: Wim Nusselder (wim.nusselder@antenna.nl)
Date: Mon Nov 18 2002 - 07:13:15 GMT
Dear Platt and David B.,
Pirsig wrote in 'Lila' about Lila:
'Biologically she's fine, socially she's pretty far down the scale,
intellectually she's nowhere.'
Pirsig wrote in 'Lila's Child':
'For purposes of MOQ precision, let's say the intellectual level is the same
as mind. It is the collection and manipulation of symbols, created in the
brain, that stand for patterns of experience.'
I you take 'intellectually she's nowhere' to mean that Lila has no (or -I'd
prefer- is no part of) intellectual patterns of values and if you take the
intellectual level to be the sum total of intellectual patterns of values,
these Pirsig quotes don't square.
It seems clear to me that we have to choose, meaning that we have to take
only one of the two literally. As Pirsig more clearly to be trying to be
precise in the second quote, I prefer to take that one literally. It is an
other indication to me that David's way of distinguishing between social and
intellectual patterns of values is untenable.
Is it really that hard to discuss this issue without becoming unpleasant to
each
other, gentlemen?
With friendly greetings,
Wim
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