Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [Platt] > Pirsig knows as well as anyone that pure intellectual pursuits such as > philosophy are made possible by those in society who "make money." > > [Marsha] > Sorry Platt, but you don't know what Pirsig knows. You saying so doesn't make > it true. Do you have proof for this opinion? > > [Arlo] > Especially because it is an inane statement. "Making money" is necessary to > survive in a capitalist economy, but it is not a prerequisite for > "intellectual > pursuits such as philosophy", as a simple look back through history would > show.
Well, why don't you look back through history and provide some evidence? Money economies have been around since man left the caves. > Now, _social patterns_ in the larger sense, I'd agree, _are_ a prerequisite > for > the emergence of intellectual patterns. But "capitalism" is only one of many > possible social patterns, which has nothing to do with the quality of > intellect > that follows. Where do you see the word "capitalism" in my statement? And where did you get the idea that philosophy automatically says anything about the "quality of intellect?" > This is just more of that "normative" propaganda mentioned earlier. Say > something in passing like it is fact, and it gives it an aura of being > factual. > You are right to call it out. I have yet to see evidence that it is not a "fact." > But then, I'm just a lying, deceitful, commie, anti-freedom "lib". Since only > conservatives tell the truth, you can ignore anything I say and listen to > Limbaugh instead. Yet another ill-disguised attack in the continuing campaign on the part of some to denigrate Platt because his ideas are considered dangerous to the left's agenda. Bore, bore, bore. ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
