Platt, I think it's great that you endeavor to be an individual seeking freedom from static patterns without destroying those patterns, the point I get from those quotes is that static patterns may be changed by individuals, therefore the real worth of a social pattern is it's openess to intellectual alterations while maintaining the biological control it was intended to supply.
Where Pirsig goes off the trail is by assuming that a chemistry professor is a collection of inorganic patterns arranged to function biologically when a chemistry professor is a collection of social/intellectual patterns. -Ron ________________________________ From: Platt Holden <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 10:50:08 AM Subject: Re: [MD] Catching up to Pirsig [Ron] > My point is , should'nt we be applying what we have learned from Pirsig? > rather than getting caught up in these habitual games? I've learned much from Pirsig and I apply what I've learned as often as I can, especially his belief that "What's good is freedom from domination by any static pattern, but that freedom doesn't have to be obtained by the destruction of the patterns themselves."(Lila, 24) and, "My personal feeling is that this is how further improvement of the world will be done, by individuals making Quality decisions and that's all." (ZMM) 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/ 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/
