[MD] The Birth of Tragedy/CH1 and the MOQ

[Matt Kundert]

Hey Arlo,

I envy your ability to have time to read Nietzsche.  I wish I did.

I think centering on Nietzsche as carving out a conceptual space that 
is similar to the conceptual space that Pirsig would later try to carve 
out is an important direction in comparative, intellectual-historical 
analysis.  When I was assigned ZMM in Phil 101, my professor ran 
very successfully the parallel between Nietzsche's 
Apollonian/Dionysian and Pirsig's early classic/romantic split.

Since Nietzsche was working in a post-Hegelian intellectual world, I 
think it would be interesting to compare the cultural stories Hegel, 
Nietzsche, and Pirsig tell in trying to explain how we got to where we 
are.  Because all three think that story-telling is an important piece 
of our intellectual armament as far as figuring out how to move 
forward.  And all three were reacting to directly to Kant.  But there 
are significant differences between them, and it would help clarify 
Pirsig's position in cultural history to see how it was different than 
his predecessors.  (And to tell the story really well, one might look 
at Nietzsche's Genealogy, especially, say, Book 2 sec. 17 and 18, 
where _form_ is taken to be artist created and _violent_.)

Good show, Arlo.

Matt