Hey, good point Ron.
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 9:54 PM, X Acto <[email protected]> wrote: > Fellas, > A huge point in all this, is that once you take away the interpretive > arguement of what Pirsig says, and allow SOL to stand on it's own > merit, it quickly dissolves into thin air. > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, June 21, 2010 3:48:27 PM > Subject: Re: [MD] The Quality/MOQ meta-metaphysics > > [Platt] > Perhaps you'll recall that Pirsig cautioned us not to take his > Johnny-come-lately definition of intellect as a "Papal Bull. > > [Arlo] > This is just nonsense. I take nothing Pirsig said as "papal bull". I take > what > he said and I decide if I agree with it, or if I do not. > > It is clear Pirsig does not regard the intellectual level as SOM. He has > stated > so outright. > > You can (as you do) disagree with him. No harm there. I disagree with him > on > some things well. > > But you can NOT claim he ever meant this. He himself has said he did not. > > So there is Pirsig's MOQ, in which SOM is just one intellectual pattern. > And > there is Bo's MOQ, in which SOM is the entire intellectual level. > > They are two distinct ideas. You can argue all you want that Bo's is > better. It > may be. It may not be. That is an argument that is valid. > > But you can't argue that Bo's MOQ is what Pirsig "meant". That is > incorrect. > And that is an argument that is not valid. > > [Platt] > If you consider the intellectual level as the home of every idea ever > conceived, you rip the heart out of the MOQ and kill its liberating > significance. > > [Arlo] > And Pirsig has said that the SOL undermines the MOQ. > > Again, you disagree with Pirsig's MOQ and think Bo's MOQ is better. Fine. I > disagree, however, and think on this issue that Pirsig is correct. > > > > > 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
