Hi All: As long as there's a suggestion to add selected quotes from Pirsig at the top of posts from Platt and Bo, and in the interest of presenting a fair and balanced opinion from the Great Author, I vote for the following:
"God knows the MOQ has never had two better friends than Bo and Platt, so this is no criticism of their otherwise brilliant thinking." -- Robert Pirsig, "Lila's Child" Thanks, Bob. Regards, Platt On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 7:46 PM, david buchanan <[email protected]>wrote: > > I think the following should be re-quoted at the top of every post from Bo > and Platt from now on. Check it out. > > >From Lila's Child, Chapter 13... > > > Platt said: > > Bo has maintained that the intellectual level is SOM (rationality, > language, science). It's gradually seeped into my mind that Bo is right > about this. ... > > Pirsig replied: > I've always thought this is incorrect because many forms of intellect do > not have a subject-object construction. These include logic itself, > mathematics, computer programming languages, and, I believe some primitive > languages (although I can't remember what they are). > > > > Platt said: > After all, the MOQ is an SOM document based on SOM reasoning. ...I fully > agree with Bo's insight that the SOM and the intellectual level are one and > the same. .., the MOQ is the best S/O answer I've found yet. > > Pirsig replied: > I think this conclusion undermines the MOQ,.. The MOQ is in opposition to > subject-object metaphysics. To say that it is a part of that system which it > opposes sounds like a dismissal. ... I see a lowering of the quality of the > MOQ itself if you follow this path of subordinating it to that which it > opposes. > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your > inbox. > > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2 > 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
