Part IV of Zen

All I walked away wanting to remember from this part is, “The Church of Reason, like all institutions of the System, is based not on individual strength but upon individual weakness. What’s really demanded in the Church of Reason is not ability, but inability. Then you are considered teachable. A truly able person is always a threat. Phaedrus sees that he has thrown away a chance to integrate himself into the organization by submitting to whatever Aristotelian thing he is supposed to submit to. But that kid of opportunity seems hardly worth the bowing and scraping and intellectual prostration necessary to maintain it. It is a low-quality form of life. (Ch. 30)”

Rest of November.

Well, so far I've read and written essays for Parts 1-3 of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and I'm going to read the final part tonight then write the essay tomorrow. By Wednesday I can start reading A Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde which originally was ment for British Literature but can be applied to this class as well. I'll be finished by this book after Thanksgiving Break. This is my plan through December.