[MD] Philosophy as Biography

[Ian Glendinning]

Dan, you said ...

It's worth noting that RMP did not say "his" biography, which would be
> an autobiography. He clearly said biography, which is an account of
> someone's life written by another. I've always felt an
> uncomfortableness in writing too much about oneself. It seems better
> (to me) to take my experiences and put them into an account of a
> fictional character's life rather than my own. I think that is more
> the direction RMP goes in LILA.
>
> Yes, there is no doubt that Pirsig is uncomfortable with putting his
personal self in the spotlight - that is always something for others. And
not surprising then, that anyone sympathising with the Pirsig story (the
MoQ), should feel the same way. As I said in the response to Matt - my
story is (always) private - each has to relate their own to the public
story (metaphysics) - but it takes a few brave people to point that out
through their own (uncomfortable) stories - a meta-meta-physics.

Ian