Krimel said:
Pirsig does a pretty good job with this in ZMM. I will never understand why he
messes it up so in Lila.
Ian replied:
It's blindingly obvious why the approach changes in Lila - you call it messing
up, I call it introducing some probably unnecessary complications. Hey, that's
life. He wanted to address his rhetorical arguments in ZMM to a more formal
philosophy audience in Lila.
dmb says:
The only thing that Lila "messes up" is a bad reading of Zen and the Art. The
latter gives us, as Pirsig put it, a metaphysical system that consists of just
one word: Quality. Lila is a refinement. Unless you've misread the first book,
the second book is only helpful and clarifying. If you've misread the first
book, the second book will seem quite unsettling to you because it'll expose
the inadequacy of your understanding.
Bo would be exhibit "A" in this case.
Blaming Pirsig for your own shortcomings as a reader and a thinker is
preposterous, which is latin for bass-ackwards.
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