[MD] Bo

[Ian Glendinning]

NDP,

I suggest good manners would be that you return to the interesting
thread you started than to presume to understand 10 years of
interaction on a quick scan (or else reveal your real long term
identity) ;-)

I repeat, Bo can continue to express and write about his (somewhat
fixed) idea any way he likes - and any new ideas or opinions of
others. And as you say, doing so has created plenty of discussion on
the intellectual level. You will not find anyone denying this

What he can't do is pass it off as Pirsig's idea - simple really.

Ian

On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 3:27 AM, nom de plumeweb <nomdeplumeweb at gmail.com> wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I feel as if I've entered a home when the couple is quarreling.
>
> I've been reading, really scanning, Bo's posts as far back as the
> archives go.  It seems that he formed his synthesis even before this
> site began.  And from the near beginnings of this site he has acted as
> a catalyst for a fuller understanding of the metaphysics of quality.
>
> His ideas, while based in Pirsig's thought, are a synthesis of his
> understanding of Pirsig's two books.  A synthesis, a unique idea, is
> composed of two or more items and is not the same or the sum of those
> items.
>
> Since he cannot let go of his creation, I see two choices for him as
> dictated by the source of this site, Robert M. Pirsig.  He can either
> write his own metaphysics or pursue enlightenment.  By enlightenment I
> mean a form of insanity.  My hope is that he will write his
> metaphysics.  Frankly, as I understand it, enlightenment is small.  It
> is the spark that lights the fire.  If he needs to crib or borrow from
> Pirsig, I don't see how anyone here can object given that the
> metaphysics of quality is dynamic.
>
> Allow him to post here and give him a hyperlink to his own site.  Even
> Pirsig admits that when reading the philosophy of old he wished that
> he were there and that the arguments had gone another way.
>
> So much for lurking,
> NDP
>
> P.S.  Really, back to lurking.
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