Ham said: Mr. Pirsig chose to call reality Quality, which has real meaning as a subjective assessment of something but cannot be equated with Essence as the fundamental reality.
dmb says: As I understand it, Mr Pirsig's central point is that Quality is the fundamental reality, is NOT a subjective assessment and much of that comes by way of saying that things like "essences" exist only as ideas in the imaginations of metaphysicians. _________________________________________________________________ Peek-a-boo FREE Tricks & Treats for You! http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us 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/
