Hi Marsha, You've pinpointed the essence of the MOQ that the philosophologists either ignore or haven't a clue. Thanks for your usual acumen in getting to the point quickly, succinctly and accurately.
You are indeed very wise. Platt On 17 Apr 2010 at 14:10, MarshaV wrote: > Arlo > > > "The question of "How do you justify the statement that Quality > equals reality?" was the best one. The correct answer from a > MOQ perspective is, "by the harmony it produces", but this > answer is only for people who already understand the MOQ. > Those who don't can't see the harmony and for them this > answer is meaningless." > (Pirsig,2000) > > Maybe it's a designation and an explanation. Two truths... > > > Marsha > > > > On Apr 17, 2010, at 1:54 PM, ARLO J BENSINGER JR wrote: > > > [Marsha] > > The MoQ is a designation for Reality equals Quality. Do you agree? > > > > [Arlo] > > Not exactly. > > > > "The Metaphysics of Quality, or MOQ, is simply a philosophic answer to the > > question of what is Quality, or worth, or merit, or value, or betterness or > > any > > of the other synonyms for good. There are many possible answers but the one > > the > > MOQ gives is that you can understand Quality best if you don't subordinate > > it > > to anything else but instead subordinate everything else to it. " (Pirsig) > > > > It is an intellectual pattern developed around the pre-intellectual concept > > of > > Quality. "The Metaphysics of Quality itself is static and should be > > separated > > from the Dynamic Quality it talks about. " (Pirsig) > > > > The MOQ IS Pirsig's attempt to build an academic, intellectual framework > > around > > this primary, pre-intellectual Quality. "Reality equals Quality" is one of > > the > > intellectual principles of the MOQ. > > > > > > 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/md/archives.html > > > > ___ > > > 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/md/archives.html 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/md/archives.html
