Arlo, I am now quite bored. Good-bye...
Marsha On Aug 10, 2010, at 12:30 AM, ARLO J BENSINGER JR wrote: > [Marsha] > Yes, because we are suspended in language RMP used patterns of the > intellectual > variety to explain the MoQ. > > [Arlo] > No. The MoQ is the intellectual patterns RMP uses to explain Quality. > > Besides, even you can't pretend that all language is "SOM", since language > predated the Greeks by thousands of years, and hence can't be "SOM". > Suspension > in language, then, is a facet of analogy not "SOM". > > [Marsha] > The MoQ represents a specific metaphysics. > > [Arlo] > The MoQ does not "represent" a specific metaphysics. It IS a specific > metaphysics. > > [Marsha] > I reject your biblical analogies. > > [Arlo] > When you stop deifying the Word, this will be a good rejection. In any event, > substitute whatever "book" you want. Books describing "reality" do not "say" > anything, the authors do the saying. To say something like "War and Peace > says..." is narrative genre and nothing more, it was Dostoevsky that did the > "saying"... > > [Marsha] > What you mind or don't mind should matter to me how? > > [Arlo] > In this case, because it demonstrates a huge stumbling block that comes up > again and again... you elevate the map to the terrain, and think the map is > the > terrain it describes. > > [Marsha] > Do we need to go back to your statements that all is analogy? > > [Arlo] > If you think it helps you avoid the subject at hand, go for it. > > But remember, Pirsig's metaphysics are an analogy to describe "reality". They > do not precede analogy. > > Once here, they are a high-quality analogy, a high-quality intellectual > pattern > used to "slice and dice" Quality into a meaningful framework of understanding. > > Bo's SOL is an analogy too. So is all metaphysics. That's what metaphysics > are, > attempts at defining and analyzing "reality", the creation of analogies, > intellectual patterns of value, to help us see the unseeable void. > > And if copying and pasting your little slogans helps you avoid the > inconsistencies of your analogies, knock yourself out. > ___ 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
