From: SQUONKSTAIL@aol.com
Date: Mon Mar 10 2003 - 17:38:12 GMT
Matt:
So, I'm guessing that you didn't like Lila very much then, right? Because,
afterall, Pirsig wrote it though he knew talking about Quality would just
move him away from it. But, Pirsig's reasoning is that it seemed to be a
higher Quality action to write it, then not.
sq: Hi Matt, we are not unborn, (we includes Pirsig). The difference beween
you and RMP is not so much as who is right and who is wrong. Its more a
matter of what is better. You cannot say this because for you to do so would
be to use language you have stolidly rejected in opposition to that of
Rorty's version of pragmatism.
Matt:
How come, when I reason the same way, it turns out that that my actions are
not higher Quality? How come, when Pirsig and I have legitimate, by Pirsig's
own standards, disagreements about which actions are of higher Quality then
others (for
instance, he sees more Quality in metaphysics then I do), Pirsig is always
right and I'm always wrong, seemingly by virtue of not being Pirsig?
sq: This is your, 'If i can't have the lolly ice, no one is going to have it'
mode. I know that looks like a personal attack, but i assure you that i care
about you very much. The problem is, i care about Quality too.
You're not wrong, you have your point of view and i should respect it. I
apologise for being a git.
But, at the least, I'm glad you like my suggestion. I hope it helps clear
you head.
Matt
Sq: My time as a one man rant isn't doing us any good.
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