Sorry that should read "metaphysics", not "physics" ian
On 8/15/07, ian glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First impression TE ... excellent. > > Method rather than physics - let's focus on the processes rather than > abolsute foundations. Agreed > > Scientific method without understanding is a poor science ... an > indication that science is missing something. Agreed > > Reading Emerson - for a fact ? Couldn't say, but no evidence that I'm > aware of. Given the evidence of how he was "inspired" to MoQ, I'd say > No. If he read Emerson later, he's kept it quiet. > > Ian > > On 8/15/07, TE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Joe, Ron, Ham and anyone else that took part in the "Metaphysics, > > substance, intellect" string, > > > > I would like to put forth a new, more refined version of the same > > contemplation I previously interjected. > > > > My intent is to spark a discussion about philosophy and method. [(tangent) > > imagine instead of "MetaPhysics of quality", "Method of Quality"] > > > > (i think) Pirsig, did somthing amazing. He qualified the "mysical" as a > > higher (broader) order of thought than the scientific; many people have > > proclamed this before; but Pirsig, in my opinion, succeeds at making an > > argument within a logic structure that when contemplated using the > > scientific method one could only agree with his conclusion, without > > understanding it. > > > > I am fascinated by the fact that the proceeding was written or' one hundred > > years ago. > > > > "Out of Plato come all things that are still written and debated among men > > of thought. Great havoc makes he among our originalities. We have reached > > the mountain from which all these drift boulders were detached. The Bible > > of the learned for twenty-two hundred years, every brisk young man who says > > in succession fine things to each reluctant generation,- Boethius, > > Rabelais, Erasmus, Bruno, Locke, Rousseau, Alfieri, Coleridge,- is some > > reader of Plato, translating into the vernacular, wittily, his good things. > > Even the men of grander proportion suffer some deduction from the > > misfortune (shall I say?) of coming after this exhausting generalizer." > > From "Plato; or, the Philosopher" Lecture > > > > does any one know for a fact that pirsig read and was influenced and > > inspired to fullfill emersons work? > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > Archives: > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
