Re: MD Pirsig Recommended Website

From: Ian Glendinning (ian@psybertron.org)
Date: Sun Sep 26 2004 - 11:36:50 BST

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    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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