[Platt] Survival, the opposite of death, is "equated with the best, which is to say Quality." (Lila, 11)
[Arlo] No. Survival is "better" for other survivors maybe, since then we would not experience "loss". Since even Pirsig (gasp) has never experienced death first-hand, I don't think he can say with any certainty that "life is better than death". He can say that having others "not die" is better for him, and I'd fully agree. And, I think you'd agree, that equating "survival" with "the best" is not a good association, since then we are equating those who "do not survive" with "the worst". Certainly those who do not survive are not "inferior" to those who do. [Platt] Language consists of a lot more than analogies. It involves "the collection and manipulation of symbols, created in the brain, that stand for patterns of experience." (LC,25). [Arlo] Umm.. "that stand for"... analogy. [Platt] It involves similes, metaphors, personifications, apostrophes, allusions, alliterations, epigrams and many more figures of speech. [Arlo] Gee, you left out punctuation. All language is metaphorical, these grammatical categories mean nothing to that end. This is like saying a painting is more than a metaphor because it involves paint, canvasses, pigment and texture. Sure it "involves" all those things, but that does not change the fact that it is a metaphor. 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/
