[MD] Platt's Proverbs On Beauty

[Steven Peterson]

Hi Arlo,m

Thanks, that makes sense.

Steve

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Arlo Bensinger <ajb102 at psu.edu> wrote:
> [Steve]
> I was thinking the same thing when I read Platt's post, but I wonder if
> Platt's take on intellect polluting beauty is consistent with some of
> Pirsig's writings nevertheless.
>
> [Arlo]
> Only if Platt had said "S/O Intellect is blind to 'beauty'". If you go back
> to ZMM, I'm sure you can even stretch that complaint to include "pollute",
> but only with the S/O qualifier (pun intended). But "intellect"
> in-and-of-itself? Nope. Intellect is Pirsig's highest order of static value.
> I doubt Pirsig would ever say that "calculus" or "quantum physics" pollutes
> beauty, indeed he'd probably say these, like symphonies, can be very
> beautiful indeed. In fact, it was "intellect" in ZMM that Pirsig was trying
> to show  has been blinded by S/O perspectives, but that once those are
> removed, intellect (the assembly of rotisseries) can and SHOULD be an art
> form of the highest order.
>
>
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