Greetings,
Three things Platt, before I leave you to your grandchildren.
Firstly, I didn't cite popularity of Pirsig's books as a measure of their metaphysical
worth. I
cited popularity as a measure of the desire to read them in different cultures and, by
extension,
the way those cultures educate their respective populations.
Secondly, I didn't say the subject object division is a myth. I said subject object
METAPHYSICS is a
myth. On many occasions I have explicitly accepted the subject object dichotomy - but
that dichotomy
is not a metaphysical position which anyone holds.
Thirdly, the small step. Seeing the material world as value constructed. "In the
beginning God
created heaven and earth . . . . and God saw that it was good." (Genesis Chpt 1). "Oh
taste and see
that the Lord is Good." (Psalm 34:8). "For everything created by God is good." (1 Tim
4:4). etc,
etc. The Judeo-Christian heritage is the one which has had the most profound effect
upon every
Western culture over the last 5000 plus years. It is so ingrained within our psyche
that we all
understand its truth and the overwhelming body of philosophical opinion has followed
it. This small
step is not only unoriginal, it is about as profoundly unoriginal as it is possible to
imagine.
I have, this afternoon, ordered the book you recommended. Thank you, I look forward to
it - and some
more provoking.
Struan
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Struan Hellier
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