[MD] Philosophy as Biography

[Ian Glendinning]

And Steve, at the risk of stating the obvious ...

The reason for (say) my own biographical timeline work was precisely
because the personal rhetorical story behind the philosophical output IS
important. Where was the man (or woman) coming from ?

About fitting narratives together.

Ian

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Steven Peterson
<peterson.steve at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> The link to the Bagini interview seems to be dead. Does anyone know
> where it is still posted or have it downloaded?
>
> Phaedrus to Lila:
> "I've just had feelings that maybe the ultimate truth about the world
> isn't history or sociology but biography."
>
> A statement that I always found curious is RMP's one to Bagini about
> the originality of the MOQ. He said that his philosophy is unique
> because it starts with a practical question about quality in rhetoric
> or something like that. When I read that I remember thinking, Why is
> THAT important??? Why should we care about the story behind the ideas
> rather than just the ideas?
>
> Also, while looking for the interview, I found this on Matt's blog
> which relates to the "Hero's Journe" thread:
>
> http://pirsigaffliction.blogspot.com/2006/03/pirsig-baggini-and-first-rule-of.html
>
> Best,
> Steve
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