[Matt]
> Not to mention the irrelevant
> autobiographical story Pirsig has us
> jump in and out of. The problem with Pirsig not
> writing in essay from is not
> necessarily the accuracy of his ideas but the fact
> that very few
> philosophical expert will want to have to dig
> through the fiction and
> thought process to find out what Pirsig is really
> saying; if Pirsig doesn't
> bother putting his ideas in essay form, they
> shouldn't bother listening to
> him. Those are the main problems with fictional
> novels as a way to present
> philosophical ideas to a philosophical community.
> I'm not saying that all
> philosophy is in essay form, I'm saying all current
> philosophy should be in
> essay form for the reader's sake. At the moment, I
> won't mention the dronish
> lack of quality in the moq.org essays (I even saw an
> essay with a "Works
> Sited" page). Hilarious.
> While alternate forms of philosophical expression
> may be cute, in this case,
> Pirsig's fiction is an annoyance to the purely
> philosophical reader.
I understand what your saying here Matt. Three
questions. Have you read, 'The Guidebook to ZMM'? It
is more intellectual in nature.
Secondly, ZMM autobiographical was not fictional,
and I would say, it was the ground in which the more
strictly intellectual aspects of ZMM manifested itself
from. So, my second sincere question is, what else do
you do besides strictly intellectual pursuits? You
don't overlook them, or do you?
SA
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