Arlo, this quote below defines what individual is, thank you. A fictitious convenience as Pirsig notes below. Sure I say individual, he, she, etc..., and it is "...remembered that they're terms for collections of patterns and not some independent primary reality of their own." Platt, why the hang-up? What are you trying to hold onto so tightly? Platt, this quote defines individual, and then moves on to use individual as a convenient fiction. I see static patterns as fiction thus truth, thereby, avoiding the hang-up of believing static patterns are The Truth, don't forget about dynamic quality.
SA > [Arlo quotes Pirsig] > "This fictitious "man" has many synonyms: "mankind," > "people," "the > public," and even such pronouns as "I," "he," and > "they." Our > language is so organized around them and they are so > convenient to > use it is impossible to get rid of them. There is > really no need to. > Like "substance" they can be used as long as it is > remembered that > they're terms for collections of patterns and not > some independent > primary reality of their own." (Pirsig, LILA) > > > 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/ > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC 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/
