On 3/6/08 1:14 PM, "Christoffer Ivarsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Yesterday I listened to a very interesting lecture by a philosopher that had
> opened her own business where she did, well, practical philosophy. The book
> "Plato - not Prozac" was referred to, and some of you here on the forum
> might know of it. Anyway, in short she offered to help people, with
> philosophy, not therapy or psychology, but with classic philosophy - to
> structure and evaluate their life. This woman was really quite remarkable,
> because she was perhaps the greatest Champion of rationality that I have
> ever met, honest to the bone about it all. I just flat out loved it. Her and
> what she represented. Because even though I had to bite my tongue every time
> that she with a look of disgust waved away "feeling arguments" and vague
> impressions, I could so very clearly see the Value in what she was doing and
> what she represented. She is in a very real way a soldier of rationality,
> talking about, and promoting philosophy's part in society, as well as being
> a part of that herself. She quite probably wouldn't call is such, but as I
> see it, she is promoting that specific way of thinking that will provide a
> base for the MOQ to stand on. And this, people, is Quality Teaching if ever
> I saw it!
>
> Now, perhaps I have painted myself as a heretic.. But I know you are all
> wiser then that, and this has of course been debated before, but I feel that
> it is imperative that we don't let the MOQ become anti-rational and/or
> anti-intellectual, because this is what is NEEDED for the MOQ to come forth.
> We all could take the ideas of mr Pirsig to heart BECAUSE we were living in
> a s/o rational world. Perhaps we all felt that there were something missing,
> perhaps not, - perhaps we hated it, perhaps we didn't - but rationality we
> knew of, no doubt.
>
> So. My long overdue point: See the value in the advancement of rationality,
> because only on that base can the MOQ be built.
>
> Regards
> Chris
>
On Thurs 6 March 2008 1:14 PM Chris writes to all:
Hi Chris I¹m Joe,
The advancement of rationality is a noble goal! So also are the advancement
of inspired feelings, and marvelous dancing! IMO the MOQ does not abandon
the latter in their inner developments. Perhaps ³rationality² is a word
that embraces all three, but ³ratio² is a relationship between two, the
intellectual level. What about a loving individual, an individual hitting a
home run? Value is a multifaceted jewel!
Joe
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