"the slip-sorting [method] refers not to time, but to metaphysical or
logical primacy"...
I think this should be added to the end of # 4. Other than that, I like
what you've done.
As for questioning Pirsig's identification of Indians as the originators
American values... I have a book (somewhere, I'm looking for it--) that
proposes this identification has been made before and is erroneous. It
points to the fact that it is now part of the circulum in many New York
State schools to teach that the U.S. Constitution was inspired by the
Iriquois despite the fact that there no evidence for this at all. I believe
his argument claims that these "historical links" are politically correct,
relatively recent and revisonist. (I wish I could find that book).
Rick
MOQ.org - http://www.moq.org
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