Platt: Pirsig calls Quality a moral force and refers to the creative power of the Dynamic force a number of times. Since it's a natural force, it's like gravity and other fundamental forces of the cosmos. To argue that no one can precisely measure this force is not to prove it doesn't exist. What proves it does exist is that the world would be unrecognizable without it.
Andre: With all respect Platt, I think Pirsig's use of the word 'force' in relation to Quality (as he does in LILA) is used metaphorically, not literally. Again, Pirsig is quite adamant to 'keep all concepts out of Dynamic Quality'. (In McWatt, PhD).By suggesting it is a force in the way you use it, you are making it into something static and that is not what it is. (Not this/not that) To describe Quality as a force is the same as describing Yin/Yang as forces. They are not. Imho Andre 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/
