Hello In Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Pirsig spends a lot of time discussing romantic and classic knowledge/intelligence. Im not sure how Id summarize his main message on them though: that both are equally good, and when one (or peoples) neglects one and emphasises the other too much, its a bad thing. One should pursue both (equally). What was it that the people in the traffic jam (with the empty expressions) were lacking: not enough romantic knowledge, and too much classic?
Am I missing something? Im even more uncertain how he relates Romantic/Classic knowledge to the idea of "quality" that he develops. Is he saying that romantic intelligence/knowledge is that which first recognises quality (or was that some other "sense"). And somewhat later the classic knowledge can be used to develop/apply this quality? If I recall correctly, in the railroad analogy, the railway tracks were quality, the cutting edge of the train was romantic knowledge (?) and the rest of the train was classic knowledge? Id be very grateful for any clarifications. Best Wishes, Declan 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/
