At 04:13 AM 1/26/2009, you wrote:
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
Greetings Declan,
My interpretation is that the Romantic is flowing with the Code of
Art (process & DQ). Classical would be on the Intellectual Level,
which could also be on the cutting edge of DQ (Intellect & DQ). But
this is my very humble interpretation.
Marsha
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