On Jun 8, 2011, at 7:07 PM, david buchanan wrote: > > Marsha said: > ...at the moment, I think the best answer would be: > all-that-is-opposite-from-non-gravitation, and I sometimes visualize the > pattern as a cloud of probability.
> "Definitions are the FOUNDATION of reason. You can't reason without them." > (Emphasis is Pirsig's. ZAMM, page 214.) Marsha: I use a dictionary all the time. I agree that you cannot reason without definitions. How bright of you to understand that. > "A metaphysics must be divisible, definable and knowable, or there isn't any > metaphysics." (Pirsig in Lila, page 64.) > "Since a metaphysics is essentially a kind of dialectical definition and since Quality is essentially outside definition, this means that a 'Metaphysics of Quality' is essentially a contradiction in terms, a logical absurdity." (LILA, Chapter 5) ___ 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
