Re: MD Pirsig the postmodernist?

From: johnny moral (johnnymoral@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Mar 17 2003 - 21:50:18 GMT

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    Thanks for the link, Platt. I love Hans Christian Andersen stories, I had
    forgotten this was one.

    Now, why can't we substitute the word Einstein or Darwin for "swindlers"?
    We have to trust someone, don't we? I didn't see general relativity or
    evolution with my own eyes, yet we believe them to be true.

    >From: "Platt Holden" <pholden@sc.rr.com>
    >Reply-To: moq_discuss@moq.org
    >To: moq_discuss@moq.org
    >Subject: Re: MD Pirsig the postmodernist?
    >Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 16:11:26 -0500
    >
    >Hi Johnny:
    >
    > > No, I was saying other people have value in coming to a conclusion about
    > > what is true, that one person's own idea about what is true isn't good
    > > enough. After all, you brought up the Emperor, didn't he believe he was
    > > truly wearing new clothes? If he valued other people properly, he
    >would
    > > have found out that what he believed was true was not true.
    >
    >The Emperor valued other people's opinion so much he couldn't believe
    >the truth of his own eyes. In other words, he depended on what others
    >said to determine truth, just as postmodernists suggest. Read the story
    >at:
    >
    >http://hca.gilead.org.il/emperor.html
    >
    >Platt
    >
    >
    >
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