On Apr 11, 2011, at 3:12 PM, david buchanan wrote: > > Horse said to Marsha: > I think Pirsig is using the term 'fiction' here in the same way that one > would use the term 'illusion'. An illusion is real enough in that we don't > have to see it as something that doesn't exist - it just doesn't exist in the > way we think it does. The 'I' is illusory, not fictitious. Big difference. > > dmb says: > Right, Marsha is reading the rejection of the Cartesian conception of self as > a rejection of ANY conception of the self.
Marsha: I did not even use the word rejection. Both self and static patterns of value are illusions, but they are useful. ___ 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
