Hi Declan,
Hi Declan,
On Jan 26, 2009, at 4:13 AM, Declan Moran wrote:
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?
Steve:
I think that Classical versus Romantic was a way for Pirsig to talk
about two sorts of people with different dispositions. (I recently read
James's Pragmatism and thought that James's tough-minded versus
tender-minded was very similar.) I think that Pirsig reconciles these
two views to some extent in showing that they both have their own
aesthetic and that each side of the divide would do well to try to
develop a taste for the other sort of aesthetic. They are two
approaches to Quality but are not so exclusive after all because they
are both about Quality.
How does that sound?
Best,
Steve
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