[MD] Pirsig's idea of the individual

[Heather Perella]

Arlo, this quote below defines what individual is,
thank you.  A fictitious convenience as Pirsig notes
below.  Sure I say individual, he, she, etc..., and it
is "...remembered that they're terms for collections
of patterns and not some independent primary reality
of their own."  Platt, why the hang-up?  What are you
trying to hold onto so tightly?  Platt, this quote
defines individual, and then moves on to use
individual as a convenient fiction.  I see static
patterns as fiction thus truth, thereby, avoiding the
hang-up of believing static patterns are The Truth,
don't forget about dynamic quality.

SA

 


> [Arlo quotes Pirsig]
> "This fictitious "man" has many synonyms: "mankind,"
> "people," "the 
> public," and even such pronouns as "I," "he," and
> "they." Our 
> language is so organized around them and they are so
> convenient to 
> use it is impossible to get rid of them. There is
> really no need to. 
> Like "substance" they can be used as long as it is
> remembered that 
> they're terms for collections of patterns and not
> some independent 
> primary reality of their own." (Pirsig, LILA)
> 
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