It does sound very interesting Platt. Perhaps a new amazon acquisition is in order since I got some more gift certificates for xmas.
And I really think in the coming year, you and I need to thoroughly hash out the distinction between collectives and communities. Yours, John On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Platt Holden <[email protected]> wrote: > All: > > In new book by a couple of academic philosophers has suddenly made a splash > in the press. Both the New York Times and the Wall St. Journal contain > articles today about “All Things Shining,” a book by professional > philosophers Hubert Dreyfus at Berkeley and Sean Dorrance Kelly at Harvard. > The following quotes from the WSJ article immediately provoke the question > from MOQites, “Where have you guys been? > > “He (the Homeric hero) aspires to what in Greek is termed 'arete,' not > 'virtue,' as it is usually translated , but that peculiar 'excellence' that > comes from acting in accord with the divine presence, however it may > manifest itself.” > > “Their greatness lies not solely in their skill, the authors argue, but in > their ability to let some outside force course through them, just as heroes > of old where exquisitely attuned to the power of a god working through > their > bodies.” > > “What makes their (the author's) case finally compelling is their > insistence > on the importance of openness, to the given moment, on what they call 'a > full embodied, this-worldly kind of sacred.' ” > > And this from David Brooks in the NY Times: > > “We should live perceptively at the surface, receptive to the moments of > transcendent wooshes that we can feel, in say, a concert crowd, or while > engaging in a meaningful activity, like making a perfect cup of coffee with > a well-crafted pot and cup.” > > Of course, being members in good standing of academia, the authors are > dedicated collectivists, buying into the leftist creed that “our most > vibrant institutions are collective, not individual or religious.” But, if > you can stomach such balderdash, their Johnny-come-lately acknowledgment of > Dynamic Quality holds hope for wider acceptance of the MOQ. > > Regards, > > 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
