From: Ian Glendinning (ian@psybertron.org)
Date: Sun Sep 26 2004 - 11:36:50 BST
I agree David.
A my last post said - no substitute for reading it.
Ian
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Buchanan" <DBuchanan@ClassicalRadio.org>
To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 3:01 AM
Subject: RE: MD Pirsig Recommended Website
> Scott, Ian and all gender guessers:
>
> Ian said:
> > Aha, got it - maybe - The Name of the Rose in reverse.
> > Fictional character - play on St John Climacus (Stairway to Heaven) -
goes
> > back in time to rid the world of mind-matter duality ?
> > The plot has possibilities.
> > Beaten to it, back to the drawing board.
> > Ian Glendinning
>
> Scott replied:
> I would guess that "Johanna Climacus" was taken as a female counterpart to
> Kierkegaard's use of Johann Climacus as a pseudonym (which is in turn a
> reference to St. John Climacus).
>
> dmb says:
> C'mon guys. Is this some kind of trivia contest for philosophy geeks or
> what?Do you have really have something to say about that amazing trip (and
> its relationship to the MOQ) or are you just trying to create the
impression
> that you do?
>
> Doesn't it remind you of the peyote scene in Lila?
>
> Doesn't it remind you of the time you tripped?
>
> Do you suppose there were SOME who know the difference between biological
> pleasure and mystical experience, as this author seems to? How many
hippies
> really saw that difference? Do you?
>
> Can the MOQ be understood by one who never had such an experience? Its
where
> metaphysics and actual experience meet, no?
>
> Yea, I'm egging you on. The posts are thin these days and I need something
> to read. ;-) But seriously, I'd like to see some posts on the topic.
Surely
> someone has some thoughts?
>
>
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