From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Wed Aug 10 2005 - 12:11:52 BST
Hi Ham,
As usual you make a convincing case for the "essential" individual.
There's little doubt in my mind that Pirsig also recognizes the uniqueness
and "proprietary being" of each individual, although he must, to be true
to Zen philosophy, say that "self" is an intellectual construct, evidence
of his latent Idealism..
What intrigued me was your offhand comment:
> But I also see other esthetic-based ontologies being
> introduced out there, some of whose authors may not be so eager to throw
> the babe out with the bathwater. If that be the case, and these new
> philosophies survive, many of us will be turning our attention elsewhere.
I wonder if you'd care to name some of the "esthetic-based ontologies" you
refer to? I would be very much interested in pursuing that line of
inquiry.
Best regards,
Platt
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