From: Erin (macavity11@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Nov 28 2004 - 23:23:44 GMT
David if you say she has no intellectual quality you are ignoring Pirsig's definition of the intellectual level, period. There is no my misinterpreting what you said, I just find your interpretation wrong and inconsistent with Pirsig's description. If you accept Pirsig's definition, then you accept she exists on the level (has intellectual value) albeit it is low intelellectual value. The one quote in the book that you cling to is clarified if put into context and Pirsig himself restates it to clarify what he meant (although I think a fair reading of passage is enough for some for that) . It's ok to disagree with one of your gurus but please stop distorting what they to force agreeement when there isn't one. Out of curiosity do you feel you disagree with Pirsig about anything?
It was the social title he was saying doesn't apply and of course Lila isn't "an intellectual" nobody disputes that. Here again is where he puts it more exact, does your name have to be inserted before you got the hint geesh. No I'm sure you could dance around that if he done had done that too.:-) Your reading that letter is like one big Cleveland Harbor Effect.
PIRSIG: I think now that the statement "intellectually she's nowhere," could have been more exactly put: "As an intellectual Lila is nowhere." That would make it clearer that the social title was referred to and the dispute about her intellectuality would not have arisen.
Erin
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