[MD] [Bulk] Re: Humanism

[Khoo Hock Aun]

Platt,

You can have the last word in this matter. You repeat this quote so often;
by this sheer effort, it should stand for posterity.

Rgds
Khoo Hock Aun



On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Platt Holden <plattholden at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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