Greetings, Why doesn't dmb start a thread of his own interest and lead a discussion? He can do that at any time. I don't see blaming people who may disagree with him for preventing him from moving forward.
Marsha On Nov 15, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Arlo Bensinger wrote: > [DMB quotes Pirsig] > "I'm very pleased to know that Dr. Anthony McWatt and David Buchanan will be > speaking at Oxford. They are the two foremost philosophers today on the > Metaphysics of Quality and its implications for the guidance of humanity. > General public understanding of this metaphysical system is still in its > infancy and they deserve the careful, open-minded attention that early > proponents of any idea need." (Robert Pirsig, October 2009) > > [Arlo] > Its good to hear that as recently as last year Pirsig was supporting your > work and giving you the credit you deserve for your efforts. Largely, I'm > sorry a lot of your effort and time is wasted here. > > I continue to think a large part of the problem is that people do not want > disagree with Pirsig, they want to twist Pirsig into agreeing with them. I > suspect it has a lot to with the need for validation, and I suspect that a > large part of the animosity you face is simply jealousy. One thing I > constantly tell students I work is to never be afraid to disagree, but ensure > your disagreement stands of solid reasoning. And the only way to form this > foundation is by actually understanding what the author meant in the first > place. In other words, to form disagreement with Pirsig one should be clear > about what Pirsig has said. And I think its the efforts of you, Ant, Horse > and Dan that continues to keep (or tries to keep) that on path (and David > Granger, of course, whose book I recommend to anyone with a serious interest > in Pirsig's philosophy). ___ 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
