Greetzz, Guys Been reading the annotations very extensively, at first , only with my own insight and previous knowledge of the context and general message of the work of Mr Pirsig, but then after that, been reading them again,after i spoke with Dave of the annotations , especially in regard of Pirsigs reflection on The Perrennial philosophy(Huxley). Dave placed the annotations in the same context as he is doing here,..and i 'm able to see that Dan is doing the same and on top of that , apparently Ant went the same path, trying to keep the annotations in context.
Yes well i agree, very important to keep them in context, and especially this , the carefulll reader needs to read and to plow thrue the black parts too, not only the red annotations,there is the need to keep it all framed. But reading them, trying to explore them, i found no inconsistencies in regard to the content/context of Mr Pirsigs Books I found no inconsistencies in Dave's abstractions on this matter, nor on his abstraction on the Perrennial phil eye-wink of Pirsig in the annotations. So i agree with Pirsig, Dan, Dave, Ant. This point of view , however , is not in any way written on the purpose of disagreeing with JC, i like your stuff , JC,..most of the time. and i still remember a nice written posting , very crisp clear, neat, and intelligent about the Monterey Bay area. It took my interest for several reasons, it was superbly written,it had content, was consistent and it showed you have something to say, without the nessecity digging in the annotations, you have stuff to say about your own life's impressions, and i like to read it i like to know this native things, how it is written, how it is expierienced.........loved it all the way, good path. I like to know all this things Jc, you should write more of the good stuff...not the lesser stuff. What i meant to say JC, is this , throw of the backpack you are carrying, will make you one of the best Squirrels around here. Okay, and now i have to do some Quality-gardening, and thinking back during that about this Monterey posting you made , will improve or make my day, maybe i will read some more of you guys later this evening. Adrie 2010/8/18 Dan Glover <[email protected]> > Hello everyone > > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 3:47 PM, david buchanan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > In reference to Pirsig's annotations, John said: > > You gotta love the guy. Look at him dodge and weave! What a complicated > tour-de-force! ... Ok, so let's move on, with the realization that RMP is > being very cagey for some reason. ...You gotta give credit to the guy, he's > tap-dancing up a storm here. ... See what I mean? If that's not some fancy > dancin', I dunno what is. ... Ok, at this point I'd like to pause and ask a > question. How? How does the MoQ take both sides? ...So how can one take > "both sides" from an MoQ perspective, hmmm??? > > > > > > > > dmb says: > > > > I think you have to remember that Pirsig comments were directed at > Anthony McWatt, who was working on his Ph.D. thesis at the time. His answers > can be very succinct because by then Ant had already spent a lot of time > getting to understand philosophy in general and the MOQ in particular. It's > my impression that it only seems like cagey tap-dancing to you because you > haven't done that kind of work. I'm saying your accusations of dodging and > weaving are without merit. > > > > Would take a huge dose of humility to accept the proposition that Pirsig > would know which ideas the MOQ can and cannot go along with? I don't think > that's too much to ask. > > Hi John and David > > I tend to agree with dmb here though that is not to slight any > contributor who hasn't been around long enough to consider the context > of certain RMP quotes such as the Copleston annotations. I seem to > remember Anthony McWatt warning us of just this instance... of someone > taking the annotations out of context. > > Thank you for reading, > > Dan > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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/md/archives.html > > > 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/md/archives.html > -- parser 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/md/archives.html
