From: David Buchanan (DBuchanan@ClassicalRadio.org)
Date: Sat Nov 30 2002 - 05:08:09 GMT
Scott, Sam and y'all:
Scott said:
In your bit about Phaedrus' coldness, I think you have confused two things.
Phaedrus is cold socially, but only with people (Lila and Rigel) who do not
share his excitement over things intellectual. I would guess he was quite
warm with Dusenberry. So when you say "The whole structure of Lila is built
around the idea that the intellect is 'cold' in this way, that Phaedrus is
emotionally distant, that he _doesn't_ display any emotional wisdom." I
think you are confusing social emotion (where he is 'emotionally distant'
with not-particularly-intellectual folks) with intellectual emotion.
DMB says:
I'm with Scott on this one. It seems clear to me that intellectuals in the
real world are very far from cold. My late, great father-in-law was a
physicist. He told the most long and boring stories anyone's ever heard. All
his jokes were corny groaners. In other words, socially speaking, he was a
nerd and dork. But he also traveled all over the world to present papers and
lectures to those in the physics community. He loved it. He lived for it.
And they loved him. In that world he was a rock star. He recieved cheers,
gifts, and autograph requests because he was passionate and inspired people.
Emotional? Passionate? You bet he was. And I can relate to that. The world
of ideas is a constant source of exhileration and excitement for me. Its one
of the reasons I like to engage in discussions here. Call me a nerd if you
like, but this kind of thing is my idea of a really good time. I'd crawl a
mile over broken glass for a good conversation. (Or crawl through a mile of
posts for it.) Sure, it IS a matter of what we care about, of what we value.
The things we get passionate about tell very much about where we are in
Pirsig's hierarchy. And even though it'll seem like I'm just tooting my own
horn, the things that Lila and Rigel care about bore me to tears, while the
things Phaedrus is interested in rock my world.
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