Hello Ade, Platt,
> > Hello Platt, > You have stated it succinctly. > Thank you sir. > > John: I agree completely. > > The moq is very much not unique in applying an ability to judge in the > manner you describe as i keep discovering. > It's central to many beliefs, but rejected by modernity. I'll grant you > that. > Shopenhauer is rejected for the same reason for example, and his notion of > the Universal Will is restricted to living things only by those who choose > to take him seriously. It is Shopenhauer who spoke of magnets having a > preference to do what they do, and it is also held by Aristotle that things > fall to the ground because they prefer to do so. > When Shopenhauer writes about the Universal Will, i do take him seriously. > So when the moq says the same thing i take it seriously also. > > John: I think you hit on a real key point there, about a certain congruence Quality has, or rather a congruence of metaphysics toward Quality, that keeps the MoQ from being unique - but in a good way. > > Because Robert Pirsig is ruminating his thoughts in the novel he doesn't > list the possible sources that may have informed this thinking. Which i do > not argue with and accept for what it is. > I believe his sources are pretty well explicated. In biographical form in his novels, and in this forum a lot gets brought to light. He never claimed to be a comprehensive scholar of philosophy, by any means. I think he came to his insights in congruence with others, independently of knowing about them, and in a way, that's a stronger affirmation of his thinking than if he'd been aware of them before he started out. > > > What is unique about the moq in my opinion is that it is an individuation > of our commonly held heritage. > If we connect to this as you say we have the opportunity to ripen as > individuals. > > This happens, yes. But I believe moreso in dialogue than individual contemplation. I see it fundamentally as a social process, and thus the MoQ as inextricably intertwined with MD. Thanks for joining us and hope you stick around. Schopenhauer! Yummm.... John 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
