> Platt, > > 2009/4/11 Platt Holden <[email protected]> > > > > > Agree. But then one should not always take the opposite view from Pirsig > as > > gospel either. I consider Pirsig's question, "Why survive?" to be > > legitimate, just as the many other "why" questions he poses in Lila > such > > as: "Why, for example, should a group of simple, stable compounds of > > carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen struggle for billions of years > to > > organize themselves into a professor of chemistry?" > > > > What is your answer to these questions of why?
I like Pirsig's answers. Given his metaphysical premises and explanations his answers make sense to me. Also I admire his willingness to tackle tough "why" questions that others avoid. 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/
