Huh ? That says intellect pre-dates science & philosophy, not that intellect pre-dates the intellectual level. No surprise that intellect is used to rationalised society's actions.
Strange. Ian On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 6:31 PM, David Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Platt. > > > On 8/2/10 11:51 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 2 Aug 2010 at 16:31, [email protected] wrote: >> >> [Dave] >> >>> Pirsig admits that the intellect emerged long >>> before the intellectual level... >>> I'm sure [this quote] is out there as I posted it to > Bo early on >> >> I'll have to report it as a UFQ (Unidentified Flying Quote). >> Craig >> >> Gentlemen: >> The quote you seek: >> >> "Within this evolutionary relationship it is possible to see that intellect >> has >> functions that predate science and philosophy. The intellect's evolutionary >> purpose has never been to discover an ultimate meaning of the universe. That >> Is >> a relatively recent fad. Its historical purpose has been to help a society >> find >> food, detect danger, and defeat enemies." (Lila, 24) >> >> Platt . >> 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
