RE: RE: MD The Giant (types of patterns/types of people)

From: David Buchanan (DBuchanan@ClassicalRadio.org)
Date: Sat Jul 26 2003 - 19:14:49 BST

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    Steve and all MOQers:

    Pirsig wrote:
    "Does Lila have Quality? Biologically she does, socially she doesn't.
    Obviously! Evolutionary morality just splits that whole question open like a
    watermelon. .. Biologically she's fine, socially she's pretty far down the
    scale, INTELLECTUALLY SHE'S NOWHERE."
     
    Pirsig wrote:
    "She missed the whole point of everything. She's after Quality, like
    everybody else, but she defines it entirely in biological terms. She DOESN'T
    SEE INTELLECTUAL QUALITY AT ALL. Its outside her range."

    Steve wrote:
    'Intellectually nowhere' reads as hyperbole to me. It is a novel after all,
    we can expect him to use such literary devices.

    dmb says:
    Yes, its a novel. And the quotes you dismiss as "hyperbole" are meant to
    answer the central question about the novel's title character. Clearly, this
    is one of the most basic and crucial points. Frankly, I think dismissing
    these quotes is "intellectually nowhere" and only shows that you've "missed
    the whole point of everything". And you're not even half as sexy as Lila.
    :-)

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