[MD] Happy Birthday!

2013-09-06 Thread MarshaV
Dear Mr. Pirsig, It always a pleasure to be able to wish you a Happy Birthday and to express my gratitude to you for writing Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and LILA. I know it has become a cliche to say your writing has changed my life for the better, but it's very true. Thank

Re: [MD] Happy Birthday!

2013-09-06 Thread Jan Anders Andersson
Me too All the best, Mr. Pirsig. Jan-Anders 6 sep 2013 x kl. 09.04 skrev MarshaV: Dear Mr. Pirsig, It always a pleasure to be able to wish you a Happy Birthday and to express my gratitude to you for writing Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and LILA. I know it has become a

Re: [MD] the disease, the cure, the volume of material

2013-09-06 Thread MarshaV
Greetings Paco, I think your answer is very noble and I agree. No matter how small or grand the gesture, it should be carried out with awareness and a caring, open heart, a very noble aim. Or at the very least, as Ian suggests, with respect. Marsha On Sep 4, 2013, at 3:18 AM, Francisco

Re: [MD] the disease, the cure, the volume of material

2013-09-06 Thread Andre Broersen
Marsha asked dmb (and Andre in a previous post): Do you have an intelligent question to ask? Andre: This is interesting because for some time now Marsha has asked dmb for a definition of the intellectual level. If this question is genuine the question above makes no sense because, what

Re: [MD] the disease, the cure, the volume of material

2013-09-06 Thread MarshaV
Okay simply change the question to: Do you have a specific question to ask? On Sep 6, 2013, at 5:08 AM, Andre Broersen andrebroer...@gmail.com wrote: Marsha asked dmb (and Andre in a previous post): Do you have an intelligent question to ask? Andre: This is interesting because for

Re: [MD] the disease, the cure, the volume of material

2013-09-06 Thread david buchanan
Can a psychopath be a good philosopher? Psychopathy (or sociopathy) is a personality trait or disorder characterised partly by enduring anti-social behavior, a diminished capacity for empathy or remorse, and poor behavioral controls. Here's a checklist of the usual Interpersonal/Affective

Re: [MD] Zen and the Art of Martin Heidegger?

2013-09-06 Thread Joseph Maurer
Hi David and All, The SOM format SQ leaves us OK in definition, but bypasses existence as a necessity for reality DQ/SQ. MOQ format DQ/SQ, DQ in existence comes before SQ formulation. Indefinable overcomes a barrier, experiential definition. No one defines DQ. An experience of indefinable DQ

[MD] Psychopathic Philosophers?

2013-09-06 Thread david buchanan
This post is dedicated to my dear friend Marsha. Can a psychopath be a good philosopher? There is a strong analogy here with postmodernism. Just as psychopaths lack moral virtues and values and do not want them, postmodernists lack epistemic virtues and values and do not want them. There is

Re: [MD] the disease, the cure, the volume of material

2013-09-06 Thread David Thomas
On 9/6/13 11:09 AM, David Buchanan dmbucha...@hotmail.com wrote: DMB Can a psychopath be a good philosopher? Psychopathy (or sociopathy) is a personality trait or disorder characterised partly by [1] enduring anti-social behavior, a [6]diminished capacity for empathy or remorse, and [9]poor

Re: [MD] Psychopathic Philosophers?

2013-09-06 Thread MarshaV
dmb, I shudder to think where you learned such tactics. Marsha On Sep 6, 2013, at 5:15 PM, david buchanan dmbucha...@hotmail.com wrote: This post is dedicated to my dear friend Marsha. Can a psychopath be a good philosopher? There is a strong analogy here with postmodernism.

[MD] Questions for Marsha.

2013-09-06 Thread David Harding
Do you have a specific question to ask? I have two general questions for you Marsha, with specific components: 1 - Is the only thing to learn in life the fact that all things arise from Dynamic Quality? Is that the only great insight we can find? Or is there more to life than that? 2 - Can