From: Valence (valence10@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Mar 22 2005 - 02:23:16 GMT
Hi all:
Anthony said to Matt:
" Moreover, the fact that you had an essay titled "Philosophologology: An
Inquiry into the Study of the Love of Wisdom" ...rather undermine your claim
that you are not "doing this to annoy everyone here."
RICK
Sorry Ant, I know you're working your rhetorical arse off trying to cast
Matt in a negative light, but I can assure you that the title of that essay
had nothing to do with "annoying everyone here." I suggested it. It
perfectly reflected the theme of the essay and I thought it was just kind of
fun and frankly, I resent the implication that it was intended to annoy
(although I take a bit of satisfaction in the fact that you've now
incontrovertibly exposed your anti-Matt bias). I'm not sure if you actually
read the essay (you should, it's great), but if you did, you'd know why it
has that title. Anyway, I highly recommend it (along with Matt's
Confessions essay) to everyone in this forum.
As someone who's been hanging around these parts lurking and contributing
for many years I can honestly say that I believe Matt's essays are best
Forum materials I've ever read. Nothing else has ever made me think as much
or as hard or as deeply about where Pirsig is coming from, what he's driving
at, and what it is that Pirsig really does, and doesn't, have to contribute.
For anyone who's really ready to get beyond the Pirsig defenders,
worshippers, students, protégés, compilers, editors, and quoters and start
asking some deeper, more cutting and important questions about Pirsig's
work, those essays are just sitting out there waiting to point you in the
best direction. And don't worry that Matt may be the whipping boy of the
week around here, as Pirsig tells us, his type always bothers the bishops.
take care
rick
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