Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxq.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!ihuxq!ken From: ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow) Newsgroups: net.philosophy Subject: Re: Robert Pirsig Message-ID: <1089@ihuxq.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-Jul-84 19:59:59 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxq.1089 Posted: Fri Jul 27 19:59:59 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Jul-84 00:56:48 EDT References: <2063@rlgvax.UUCP>, <329@oliven.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 27 -- >> Yes, it's used in colleges today. I had to read it for a course >> in Ancient and Medieval thought--and I even did. As philosophy, >> it ain't that great. As a story, it's somewhat interesting. >> Pirsig seems to be somewhere between delusions of grandeur and >> paranoia. I read it back when it came out, and found, curiously, that most of the people who liked it--as philosophy--were men, most who disliked it--as literature--were women. I did enjoy reading the escapades of a fellow "Walden" fan, but found it uneven philosophy and plain bad literature. But then, I've heard that Pirsig wrote it at the suggestion of his psychiatrist, that the big bad University in question is Chicago, the naughty professor, of course, Mortimer Adler. Any U of C students or alumni know the straight poop? I do know what he did with the proceeds. He bought a WestSail 32 sloop, which he named "Arete". He was anchored out next to our boat off Dinner Key (Miami) in July 1977, preparing to make a crossing. Nice boat. -- *** *** JE MAINTIENDRAI ***** ***** ****** ****** 27 Jul 84 [9 Thermidor An CXCII] ken perlow ***** ***** (312)979-7261 ** ** ** ** ..ihnp4!ihuxq!ken *** ***