But ... as Bob continued ... "It's just that I see a lowering of the quality of the MOQ itself if you follow this path" ...
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Platt Holden <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > 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
