http://robertpirsig.org/Pragmatism.htm BA dissertation by Dean Summers and I was just browsing through and caught my eye. Sorry I didn't quote it properly. I felt a twinge at the time, especially concerning the subject matter at hand of quality in text!
John On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Rebecca Temmer <[email protected]>wrote: > Who are you quoting at the top there? > ~R > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 2:02 PM, John Carl <[email protected]> wrote: > > > "Regarding Pirsig we will be necessarily reductionist, considering only > the > > essentially philosophical aspects of his texts and ignoring all other > > aspects." > > > > -------------------------------------- > > > > "Those first teachers of the Western world were teaching Quality, and the > > medium they had chosen was that of rhetoric. He (Pirsig) has been doing > it > > right all along. (Pirsig, 1974, 381)" > > > > "On the text side, we have to consider what it is that texts can do (and, > > of > > course, how they can do it better). I don’t think that the future is in > > blogs and their reductionist tendencies but in efforts to develop > > principles > > and analyses that illuminate, guide and direct." > > > > Read more: > > > > > http://www.slaw.ca/2009/07/28/zen-and-the-art-of-legal-research-and-texts/#ixzz0MadfvnKh > > < > > > http://www.slaw.ca/2009/07/28/zen-and-the-art-of-legal-research-and-texts/#ixzz0MadfvnKh > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Rebecca Temmer < > [email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > http://www.slaw.ca/2009/07/28/zen-and-the-art-of-legal-research-and-texts/ > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > "The martyrs go hand in hand into the area; they are crucified alone." > > > Huxley. > > > > > 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/ > > > > > > -- > "The martyrs go hand in hand into the area; they are crucified alone." > Huxley. > 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/ > 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/
