From: Erin N. (enoonan@kent.edu)
Date: Mon Jul 14 2003 - 04:33:38 BST
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>>
>>dmb says:
>>Hmmm. The usefulness of MY categories? I'm quite sure that we're talking
>>about PIRSIG's categories. Naturally we can only get at that by discussing
>>your understanding and comparing it to mine, but let's not pretend classify
>>people or things according to the levels is MY controversial invention.
>>Pirsig classifies people and things from cover to cover. In fact, to address
>>your objections to "classifying people" I simply posted some key examples of
>>Pirsig doing exactly that. In addition to major historical figures like
>>Hitler and FDR, there is the most elaborate example of all, Lila, the title
>>character that is explored throughout the book. As Pirsig explains, the
>>whole point of writing the book was to explain why people have different
>>perceptions of quality. And his basic answer is that "everybody is after
>>quality", but some people, like the fictional Lila, don't see intellectual
>>quality at all. (I've cited Anna Nichole Smith as a non-fictional example of
>>this kind of biologically dominated person.) Its "beyond her range", as
>>Pirsig put it. "intellectually, she's nowhere", he says. He says "she's
>>pretty far down the scale" socially too.
Pirsig defined the intellecutal level and
according to HIS definition I would
put Lila as "somewhere" on the intellectual level.
Do you agree with his definition?
Erin
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