Hi Steve,
In a post addressed to Bo you wrote:
> Let's be clear, the MOQ does not make SOM the intellectual level. Only
> the unnecessary and wrong-headed SOLAQI interpretation does this. The
> intellectual level of Pirsig's MOQ is the collection of all
> intellectual patterns of value.
In Lila Pirsig wrote:
"What had happened since the end of World War I was that the intellectual
level had entered the picture and had taken over everything. It was this
intellectual level that was screwing everything up."
Doesn't look to me like a "collection of all intellectual patterns of
value" is doing the screwing. Rather it seems clear that Pirsig identifies
the intellectual level with amoral SOM -- the modern trance state.
I would go so far as to say that unless the intellectual level is
acknowledged to be the same as SOM, Pirsig's entire analysis of our
societal problems and his proposed MOQ solution goes down the toilet.
Then what have a got? Not much of value other than the fun of philosophical
debate. Maybe that's all we should expect, but I was hoping for more.
Regards,
Platt
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