Hi Bo, you said: If we read ZAMM by the understand that it describes intellectual value > emerging out of its social origin it's clear that the pre-SOM > existence (not limited by SOM) is what Pirsig calls Aretê.
To live an impeccable life, a life of excellence: I am far away from that. Even my ability to comment with authority in these emails is limited by the knowledge of my personal history that I act inconsistently and, even according to my own criteria, immorally. To live with Aretê, as I imagine it, would be to act with spontaneity i.e. without consideration - 'you lose your push when you beat around the bush'; such a way of being may be possible if the presence of God or gods was accepted without question; as soon as you question then follows dilemma and hesitation. To question the existence of God is to engage in subject/object metaphysics. Bo, I doubt you are suggesting that we revert to a wholly social mentality; subject/object logic had an advantage over unquestioning servitude to a myth; that is why evolution selected it. -Peter 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/
