Hi Ant, You pointed me towards Khoo's remarks many years ago, and I was very impressed by his words. I would be very eager to hear if he had any particular recommendation.
Marsha On Feb 2, 2013, at 12:28 PM, Ant McWatt <[email protected]> wrote: > > Marsha, > > Maybe Khoo has since thought of a few books he'd like to recommend in this > regard? > > Best wishes, > > Ant > > > Marsha V stated Feb 2nd 2013: > > > MOQ Conference Concluding Thoughts > > Liverpool University, July 7th 2005 > > by Khoo Hock Aun > > > "...I was very much impressed that the University of Chicago had these > “Greatest Books of the Western World” as a collection for its liberal arts > program. The sales people for Encyclopedia Britannica used to sell that back > in Asia. And I know it is an impressive… set of volumes… You would think > that all of the World’s knowledge is in these “Greatest Books of the Western > World” [laughter]! So, I was wondering (I don't know whether I posted this > on MOQ Discuss) why we don't have the “Greatest Books of the East Asian > World”? I don't know which books these are. [Moreover,] I don't know who > would want to do such a project or which benefactor would support this. But > then again, why don't we have the “Greatest Books of both the Eastern and the > Western Worlds”? Because surely I think this is what you [looking at Robert > Pirsig] actually struggled to get the world to recognize… > > "So, the question is now, where do we go from here? The alienation I think > that you [still looking at Pirsig] mentioned in the first few chapters of > “Zen” still exists today. The subject-object divide is still so ingrained > and it's going to permeate around the world and into Asia as well. But, at > the same time, there is this philosophic substratum in Asia that I know > [despite being] in recession, is all there. Even although I am in a way > Western educated, in a sense that underlying philosophy of harmony and unity > is [still] hard wired into my genes and my outlook." > > > http://robertpirsig.org/Khoo.htm > > > > . > > 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
