Re Plato essay

[Ian Livingston]

Mm. Ages since I read Pirsig. Interesting idea for an argument, though, I
admit. It was my impression that Pirsig mostly got Plato pretty wrong, in
that Plato, like his teacher, was all about the nature of dialectic and
what might be gained in terms of human understanding through mastering the
method. Was writing down those examples of dialectic inquiry useful in
expanding human understanding? Was it useful in expanding the manipulation
of human understanding? Was it to posterity a gift and a bane alike? Maybe
it depends on who reads Plato, and how.

On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

> One might want to encounter the notion that Plato intellectually killed
> the largely-verbal pre-Socratics as a power play. (See Zen & MM).
>
> And TRP, that genius, once again hints at an indictment of writing within
> History in GR.
>
> Sent from my iPad
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