[MD] I'm The Second Greatest!

[MarshaV]

Greetings, 

I like the little I've read of Alfred North Whitehead and his process philosophy, and hope to learn more; but at the moment my second favorite philosopher is a woman who speaks with a _woman's voice_, and that would be Elizabeth Bishop.  She graduated from Vassar and was considered an intellectual, was concerned with maps and patterns("constant readjustment" as a kind of poetics), and wrote of and from experience.  To consider Bishop's contibution is to consider what the 'code of art' adds to the MoQ.  

I would like to present the reading of Elizabeth Bishop's poem 'The Riverman' as a tribute to Mr. Pirsig and his journey down the Hudson River.

This is a very long YouTube video, so I suggest to get to the specific poem, you fast-forward to position 01:11:58 to hear this wonderful reading, of this wonderful poem.  You will not be disappointed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv0FE7YwTQg 



Marsha



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> Hello Everyone,
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> Most of us at this Discussion group would agree that, on the whole, Pirsig is the best contemporary Western philosopher.
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> One of my "second favourites" is Alan Gewirth.  His "Principle of Generic Consistency" is a beautiful piece of logic. 
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> But who would be your second best?  And, more importantly, what, if anything, do they add to the MOQ?
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> Best wishes,
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> Ant
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