Hello Joe, > I am sorry to try your patience on a whim! [Mary Replies] Joe, you do not "try my patience" at all!
> I prefer to consider a template for evolution that includes an > emotional > center. [Mary Replies] I think I see the confusion, then. I view emotions as an artifact of the Biological Level. > Evolution creates levels in existence, morality! How many levels? > Pirsig > describes 4. Is his schema exhaustive? I don¹t think so. By analogy > to > the sound octave as described by Pythagoras I acknowledge evolution > into > seven levels in DQ existence! Not all intervals are equal and some > describe > SQ, like defined rocks and others describe DQ like undefined emotions. > 1 > Inorganic 2 organic (single-cell organisms) 3 organic (multiple-cell > organisms) 4 emotional 5 intellectual 6 higher emotional 7 higher > intellectual (the last two levels are in consciousness only and > describe the > heroes of history) Do Re Mi_Fa Sol La Ti_Do > [Mary Replies] While you elevate emotions, or at least divide them into different categories and elevate some. > What is the social level? Imho the social level contains a mishmash of > differing individuals with centers of gravity in emotions, thoughts, or > sensations! As a mixture it is not definable as a level in evolution a > level in existence. Rather the social level is a political > consideration > encompassing both emotional and intellectual levels. It is a mishmash. [Mary Replies] And this "mishmash" confusion is caused by Pirsig's failure to clearly define the Intellectual Level so that everyone can understand and agree on what it is. Thanks Joe, Mary 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/
