[MD] [Bulk] Re: Humanism

[Platt Holden]

Hi Marsha,

Yes, Mr. Pirsig is a good man. He is generous in his compliments although I
suspect he
doesn't give them as ego-building props that DMB constantly needs.

But, if DMB wants to play the game of pin-a-rose-on-me, I humbly offer a
Pirsig accolade that is forever writ in Dan Glover's book, Lila's Child:

"God knows the MOQ has never had two better friends than Bo and Platt, so
this is no criticism
of their otherwise brilliant thinking."

Yes, Mr. Pirsig is not only a good man but also a good judge of "brilliant
thinking."

I'm sure this will be well received by DMB, Arlo and their apostles..

Platt





On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 12:19 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:

>
> On Nov 14, 2010, at 10:03 PM, david buchanan wrote:
>
> >
> > dmb says:
> > Thanks, Arlo. I'm going to share a quote from Pirsig that nobody here has
> ever seen. It was something he said over a year ago and I've been sitting on
> it ever since. Ant and I were getting into the car to go over to Oxford's
> campus for the MOQ study day when he handed me something he'd printed from
> the internet and said something like, "Hey Dave, take a look at this". He
> found it on the website of Pirsig's English publishers.
> >
> > "I'm very pleased to know that Dr. Anthony McWatt and David Buchanan will
> be speaking at Oxford. They are the two foremost philosophers today on the
> Metaphysics of Quality and its implications for the guidance of humanity.
> General public understanding of this metaphysical system is still in its
> infancy and they deserve the careful, open-minded attention that early
> proponents of any idea need." (Robert Pirsig, October 2009)
> >
> > That seems a little over the top even to me. David Granger, whose Ph.D.
> thesis has been published as the book titled "John Dewey, Robert Pirsig, and
> the Art of Living", is certainly one of the foremost philosophers of the MOQ
> and he's certainly foremoster than me. But still. If there is anyone that
> can be a judge of who gets it and who doesn't, it's Pirsig.
> >
> > Okay. Let the shit storm begin. I can just see how well this will be
> received by people like Mark and Marsha. As usual, they will be gracious and
> charming and they'll take it in exactly the spirit it was given. (Yes, I'm
> dripping with sarcasm.)
>
>
> Marsha:
> Mr. Pirsig is a good man.
>
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