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April 28, 2010 at 2:06pm
by Ian Here’s one for those Pirsig Pilgrims. I heard today from Montana State University that a commemorative plaque has been installed right outside the President’s office in Montana Hall, where Pirsig taught from ’59 to ’61. Some ceremony is anticipated later in the year.
When taking stock I noticed that I started this Blog 2 days after September 11th 2001.
The lines of thought here had been keeping me awake at nights long before 9/11 woke the world. Nothing in this Blog has anything directly to do with those events, but I'm not alone in being awoken to the power of the Blog by their information aftermath. Perhaps in some small way the idea that western rational arrogance, which dogs progress in so many aspects of life, can be influenced by my puny efforts to bring alternative philosophies into the mainstream. Many greater people than I have tried before and failed over three millennia, so I'm not holding my breath. If 9/11 brings anything new to this ancient debate, apart from its awful significance, it is the fact that the antidote to classical logic is sure as hell not a flight from reason.
That way lies only evil.
The words "creative destruction" can never again be used lightly.
The Lights Went Out On Broadway.
There's something solid forming in the air,
Fly On A Windshield.
Copyright Peter Gabriel 1974
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.
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6 Comments
#1. Craig Erb 04.28.2010
If he goes to the ceremony, me too!
#2. Ian 04.28.2010
If he agrees to go to the ceremony, I’ll be surprised. (He’s not one for celebrity as you know, and if he does, the arrangements will probably remain fairly private.)
#3. John Carl 04.28.2010
Nice. If it hadn’t been for a plaque outside a library, I’d never have heard of Josiah Royce. These public monuments ARE important for the perpetuation of Quality Intellectual Patterns.
Hurrah!
#4. Glenn 04.28.2010
Very nice, class of 2009.
#5. Sam Norton 04.29.2010
That’s very cool.
#6. kobus van der Slossen 04.30.2010
Its very rare that Pirsig is in the news. Glad to hear Pirsig got some recognition for his thoughts he brought into the world.
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