> [Arlo] > I thought I'd take a happy minute to narrow Platt's latest post down to > two of > his own statements (well, the second he quotes Pirsig)... Let's take a > look at > them together... > > [Platt says (and another thousand angels fall to the ground)] > DQ is not something experienced all the time by all humans. It's only > perceived > (seen, sensed) at certain times by certain people under certain > circumstances. > > [Platt then quotes Pirsig in support of this] > "Dynamic Quality, the source of all things, the pre-intellectual cutting > edge > of reality, always appears as 'spur of the moment.' Where else could it > appear?" (Lila, 11) . > > [Arlo cries as even more angels become flightless] > In other words, just combining two of Platt's one statements... > > "The source of all things, the pre-intellectual cutting edge of reality is > not > something experienced all the time by all humans. It's only perceived > (seen, > sensed) at certain times by certain people under certain circumstances." > > How on earth can any human being not experience "the cutting edge of > reality"?
How on earth can any human being experience the cutting edge of reality when it only appears as "spur of the moment." In other words, how can anyone experience that which doesn't appear to him? > this shows the level of "thought" (pained me to type that) being offered > here. The mirror speaks. 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/
