Ron On 19 May you wrote: > Are you saying that Platt is on firm MoQ ground by being > anti-intellectual?
Yes, the greatest obstacle is the 4th. level because - prior to the MOQ - it was reality itself (like the 3rd and 2nd. and 1st have been in their time) Platt isn't "anti-intellectual", but sees the 4th. level for what it is, namely a static level that refuses a dynamic pattern to form a new reality The MOQ is of course no static level, but in this particular context it has a level-like relationship with intellect. > Also, are you saying that ALL intellectual patterns are more moral than > social patterns? Yes, intellect is the highest static level, yet the mere knowledge of the dynamic/static context (that the upper level is dependent the lower level for its own good) prevents intellect from undermining its social base. The big question is if it prevents the MOQ from undermining its own base - intellect - I mean if it can go on after being reduced to a static level? (footnote). > Essentially you are saying that no one knows intellectual quality unless > they subscribe to your SOL. -Ron That's right, but it isn't really "my SOL" In ZAMM's proto-moq there is just one "static" (classic) level - the SOM - but it's also called "intellect" so it was clearly Phaedrus's original idea. And in LILA there are many indications that SOM is no foreign matter that has polluted intellect, but the very article. IMO Bo Footnote: This is the "intellect joining forces with biology to quell society" phenomenon brought one notch up. The MOQ joining forces with social value to quell intellect. This would be a disaster and why I at times wonder about the MOQ. It's valid as .... but is it GOOD? Perhaps better let it continue in its harmless "academical" vein, letting . Anthony McWatt and David Buchanan be the administrators of Pirsig's legacy. 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/
