All moqists.
I presented this LILA quote in a letter to David M. but I want
everyone's attention
The animals Dynamically invented societies, and
societies Dynamically invented intellectual knowledge for
the same reasons. Therefore, to the question, "What is
the purpose of all this intellectual knowledge?" the
Metaphysics of Quality answers, "The fundamental
purpose of knowledge is to Dynamically improve and
preserve society."
OK here we have the static hierarchy in a compressed form:
Social value started in biology's service but took off on a purpose
of its own. Intellectual value likewise, but here it is called
"intellectual knowledge" and this isn't about how to make a fire
and/or how to skin an animal. It is a more advanced knowledge.
Knowledge has grown away from this historic purpose and
become an end in itself just as society has grown away
from its original purpose of preserving physical human
beings and become an end in itself, and this growing
away from original purposes toward greater Quality is a
moral growth.
"Knowledge" has taken off on a purpose of its own and formed a
new value level - the intellectual - and note, here is nothing about
a pre-existing intellect that "knowledge" invaded KNOWLEDGE
IS THE INTELLECTUAL LEVEL. And as said in isn't about being
a good hunter or knowing the tribe's lore, it's knowledge in the
objective sense, TRUTH which was presented as SOM in ZAMM.
But those original purposes are still there. And when
things get lost and go adrift it is useful to remember that
point of departure. The Metaphysics of Quality suggests
that the social chaos of the twentieth century can be
relieved by going back to this point of departure and re-
evaluating the path taken from it.
For some inscrutable reason Pirsig didn't pin-point intellect's
taking leave of its social roots to become "an end in itself" but it's
clearly SOM as told in ZAMM. All the more so because the social
chaos is caused by "intellectual knowledge" looking down on
social value as despicable bigotry. Something that only can be
repaired by the MOQ which allocates SOM a place within its own
framework, which it does in the SOL interpretation.
It says it is immoral for intellect to be dominated by
society for the same reasons it is immoral for children to
be dominated by their parents. But that doesn't mean
that children should assassinate their parents, and it
doesn't mean intellectuals should assassinate society.
Here finally "knowledge" has become the intellectual level, and
the immorality of it being being dominated by society is plain
sailing. The point of intellect "assassinating" society is what
happenes in the intellect-steeped Western culture where guilt is
heaped on "society". No one is personally responsible, everything
is society's fault.
Intellect can support static patterns of society without
fear of domination by carefully distinguishing those moral
issues that are social-biological from those that are
intellectual-social and making sure there is no
encroachment either way.
Here Pirsig foresees how a MOQ-steeped future may sort out
these things better, but THAT presupposes a 4th. level=SOM that
of knowledge in the objective, truth, sense, just what he speaks of
in this passage. Not the mysterious mental faculty that has been
hijacked by SOM.
See the SOL interpretation is underpinned and proved gain and
again but these things does not make the slightest dent in your
SOM-based understanding of the MOQ, and I am regarded as an
oddball that flaunts a strange homespun interpretation of the
MOQ.
Bo
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