[Platt] Thanks for answering my questions. I think I have a pretty good idea of your assumptions about how the world works. (I'll ignore the crack about neo-cons.) Sometime if the spirit moves you might let me know what you find in the MOQ of value. I'm still somewhat puzzled about what attracted you to it. .
[Krimel] I read ZMM shortly after it was published. I had recently taken a course in oriental religions and was really taken with the ideas of Taoism. Pirsig helped to strengthen my interest and to relate it to the West. Years later when Lila came out I was taken with his extension of the Tao into the realm of the 10,000 things. I also liked his use of an evolutionary approach. He appeared to be merging Lao Tsu and Darwin. It was only after participating in these forums that I discovered that certain points which I had brushed aside appeared to be critical to the thinking of others who read Pirsig. Specifically his teleology and his view the DQ is exclusively good. Most of the irate ranting that I do here is over what I regard as fairly minor points that have tended to obscure the value of what Pirsig has to offer. [Platt] I see Pirsig referring to morality as reality, quality, goodness and betterness. So he pretty much covers the waterfront. Personally I like that he has released the term "morality" from the confines of culture and built a rational metaphysics on the basis of that's its better to exist than not. [Krimel] And yet you frequently argue from the point of view of the superiority of your particular culture and its particular set of moral codes. But I would agree to some extent with the idea that it is better to exist than not. 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/
