MD Douglas Adams - now you're talking

From: Ian Glendinning (ian@psybertron.org)
Date: Thu Jul 17 2003 - 19:15:27 BST

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    Rick, Sam and all

    So what is the connection between our favourite Holistic Detective,
    Nietzsche and Pirsig / Phaedrus ?

    All three use the experience of "falling then finding yourself flying" in
    their work.

    Nietzsche's tightrope walker in Zarathustra
    Adams with Dirk Gently
    Pirsig in Lila (I think ? - hang on whilst I check the reference - I may be
    some time)

    Who read who first ? Well we know Pirsig never read Nietzsche don't we ;-)

    Ian
    BTW if you want rapid fire verbatim quotes from Douglas Adams, I'll set my
    16 year old son onto you.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: owner-moq_discuss@venus.co.uk
    [mailto:owner-moq_discuss@venus.co.uk]On Behalf Of Valence
    Sent: 17 July 2003 15:39
    To: moq_discuss@moq.org
    Subject: Re: MD Philosophers and Poets

    Hey Ian, Sam, all,
    I love Douglas Adams. So I just had to throw this one out for entertainment
    purposes...

    "There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers
     exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will
     instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more
     bizarrely inexplicable.
     There is another theory which states that this has already happened."

    take care
    rick

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Sam Norton" <elizaphanian@tiscali.co.uk>
    To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
    Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 4:58 AM
    Subject: Re: MD Philosophers and Poets

    > Hi Ian, all,
    >
    > On this topic:
    >
    > Keats: ""I am certain of nothing but of the holiness of the Heart's
    affections and the truth of the
    > Imagination--what the imagination seizes as Beauty must be Truth--whether
    it existed before or
    > not...The imagination my be compared to Adam's dream--he awoke and found
    it truth."
    >
    > "Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - That is all
    > Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. "
    >
    > I'm re-reading Dirk Gently at the moment (which contains the first
    quotation above).
    >
    > Sam
    >
    >
    >
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