[MD] Philosophy and Philosophology

[Matt Kundert]

Marsha,

I see exactly what you're talking about here, which is a 
very interesting spin off of the money thing I was. I don't 
think I knew that about Thoreau.

If you're interested, I wrote a piece that's kind of about 
this problem, though it's in relation to the movie "Knocked 
Up."  The general idea is that being an intellectual, or 
Dynamic, does take a basic level of maintenance.  If you 
die while being a bum and oh so Dynamic, is that higher 
quality than living a longer life and having more opportunities 
to be Dynamic?  And the fact of the matter is that women 
have been on the receiving end of tending the responsibility 
of men's maintenance, while they've been able to go out 
and "be Dynamic," if you will.

http://pirsigaffliction.blogspot.com/2007/12/just-bitching.html

I think you might like it, Marsha.

Matt


> Nothing like days of solitude in Nature, and planting beans and writing a
> journal, while your mom and sister prepare your meals...   
>  
>  
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: moq_discuss-bounces at lists.moqtalk.org
> [mailto:moq_discuss-bounces at lists.moqtalk.org] On Behalf Of John Carl
> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 11:31 AM
> To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
> Subject: Re: [MD] Philosophy and Philosophology
> 
> And I was surprised  to learn on NPR that Thoreau invented the modern #2
> pencil.
> The stuff we learn...
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 12:27 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Matt:
> > I'm not sure whether you're trying to be funny or not, but it is a nice
> > Thoreauvian thought.  Thoreau spent the whole, massive first chapter of
> > Walden talking about work, and the slaves it has made us.  Which is true,
> > as
> > far as it goes, which isn't far if--unlike Thoreau--you have kids who are
> > hungry and no rich friends who own a pond you can retire to.
> >
> >
> > Greetings Matt,
> >
> > I was astonished to learn not so long ago that Thoreau's mother and sister
> > provided him with most of his meals while he was on Walden Pond.  (I might
> > have heard it on a BBC's In Our Times program.)
> >
> >
> > Marsha

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