[MD] Pirsig/James connection

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Marsha,

I couldn't agree with you more. The arrogance of many intellectuals 
never ceases to nauseate, like some here who consider other's 
expressions and viewpoints "beneath" them. Pirsig's plain English 
writing and down to earth disposition is truly a breath of fresh air in the 
otherwise fetid atmosphere of intellectual snobbery. His revelation in 
Lila of the social damage done by the intellectual mindset still 
illuminates today's dilemmas.   

Platt


On 13 Sep 2009 at 17:41, MarshaV wrote:

> Dave,
> 
> No need to exaggerate. I've learned to ignore 'Platt and Arlo Do Politics',
> there's very little effort involved. 
> 
> I was once interested enough to read, directly and on my own, many of the
> Western philosophers.  And I remember being very annoyed that they were not
> writing or even caring, it seemed to me, for anyone but each other.
> Intellectuals impressing other intellectuals.   Arrogant!  Western
> philosophers seem like physicists with their own special language, and their
> own special point-of-view, concerned with their own special clique of
> "elites".  I've always thought of the MoQ as forging a new way, one that
> adds value back into the Western experience, one that brings together
> Eastern wisdom and Western knowledge. 
> 
> Peace.
> 
> 
> Marsha
>