Quoting ian glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Platt, why do you insist on looking for logic in literal language ?
Why not? Words mean things. > The alternative view is that the result of your word search for > "individual" in Pirsig's words shows just how convenient is that > "fiction" Ant refers too. So convenient Pirsig has to use it to > communicate in the chosen language. That's an "alternate view" alright. I wonder what the word for "individual" is in Chinese. > Ian > PS calling Ant "ignorant" is an actual ad-hominem, by the way. > > On 8/30/07, Platt Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > What Ant tends to ignore in all his quotes from Pirsig ... Thus, Ant calling me "ignorant" is an actual ad-hominem. On 8/30/07, Ant McWatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Critically, (and this is what Platt tends to ignore), in Note 77 of Lila's Child, we that Pirsig confirms that his view of the self concurs with the one held by Buddhism:" ------------------------------------------------- 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/
