[MD] Catching up to Pirsig

[Platt Holden]

All:

I wrote a comment to the NY Times about the column entitled "The End of 
Philosophy" by David Brooks that I told you about. Out of 446 comments 
received the editors chose 11 to highlight, one of which was mine: I wrote:

"To those familiar with Robert Pirsig's "Metaphysics of Quality" as 
described in his novel "Lila," the idea that morality and experience are 
inseparable is old hat.

"It's nice to see Mr. Brooks catching up, not to the end of philosophy, but 
to a new one based on the premise of a natural moral order. Mr. Brooks 
would do well to get up to speed by reading "Lila."

You may find other comments of interest: They can be seen at:

http://community.nytimes.com/article/comments/2009/04/07/opinion/07Brooks.ht
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