[Steve]
I was thinking the same thing when I read Platt's post, but I wonder
if Platt's take on intellect polluting beauty is consistent with some
of Pirsig's writings nevertheless.
[Arlo]
Only if Platt had said "S/O Intellect is blind to 'beauty'". If you
go back to ZMM, I'm sure you can even stretch that complaint to
include "pollute", but only with the S/O qualifier (pun intended).
But "intellect" in-and-of-itself? Nope. Intellect is Pirsig's highest
order of static value. I doubt Pirsig would ever say that "calculus"
or "quantum physics" pollutes beauty, indeed he'd probably say these,
like symphonies, can be very beautiful indeed. In fact, it was
"intellect" in ZMM that Pirsig was trying to show has been blinded
by S/O perspectives, but that once those are removed, intellect (the
assembly of rotisseries) can and SHOULD be an art form of the highest order.
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