[MD] Pressed Ham

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Ham Priday <hampday1 at verizon.net>:


> No.  Essence IS sentient.  Actually, in my single "descriptive" reference to
> Essence, I assert that Essence is Absolute Sensibility.

"Absolute Sensibility" sounds much like "Unitary Consciousness" that Edwin
Schrodinger, a father of quantum mechanics, speculated pervaded the universe with
individual consciousness simply a manifestation. He has been quoted as saying, "The
external world and consciousness are one and the same thing." Would you say his
idea comes close to your idea of "Essence?"

> I think you may be reading too much into
> LILA if you feel that it is a testament to individualism.

Both ZMM and Lila focus on individuals including Dusenberry, Rigel, John Wooden Leg
and numerous other characters including the major roles of Phaedrus, the author and
his son. The very fact that Pirisg chose the novel to explain his philsophy reveals
his testament to the individual. Novels require depictions of flesh and blood human
beings; a doctoral thesis of philosophy or a manifesto does not.

Best regards,
Platt


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