dmb, A major premise of the MoQ is Quality(Dynamic Quality/static quality), how can you really separate it in any meaningful way? Do you? If we check back through your posts, do discover you have never addressed Dynamic Quality? I think not... Walk the talk, or shut the mouth.
Marsha On Jun 16, 2011, at 5:10 AM, MarshaV wrote: > > On Jun 15, 2011, at 6:24 PM, david buchanan wrote: > >> >> >> Yep. That's exactly what Pirsig said in his 2005 summary of the MOQ (Which >> Bo thinks is "stupid"):"The Metaphysics of Quality itself is static and >> should be separated from the Dynamic Quality it talks about. Like the rest >> of the printed philosophic tradition it doesn't change from day to day, >> although the world it talks about does." >> Pirsig says the same thing in ZAMM and Lila and Lila's Child. He's been >> quite clear and consistent on this point but some people won't see it no >> matter how many ways it's said. >> >> Sigh. > > > "Moreover, Nagarjuna (1966, p.251) shares Pirsig’s perception that the > indeterminate (or Dynamic) is the fundamental nature of the conditioned (or > static:. > > In their ultimate nature things are devoid of conditionedness and > contingency belongs to this level. This very truth is revealed by also > saying that all things ultimately enter the indeterminate dharma or > that within the heart of every conditioned entity (as its core, as its > true > essence, as its very real nature) there is the indeterminate dharma. > While the one expresses the transcendence of the ultimate reality, > the other speaks of its immanence. The one says that the ultimate > reality is not an entity apart and wholly removed from the determinate, > but is the real nature of the determinate itself. > > Nagarjuna and Pirsig also have a similar recognition of two types of truth; > the ‘static’ conventional truth (sammuti-sacca) and the ‘Dynamic’ ultimate > truth (paramattha-sacca)." > > (McWatt,f Anthony, 'AN INTRODUCTION TO ROBERT PIRSIG’S METAPHYSICS OF > QUALITY', P. 102) > > > Sigh... > > > ___ > > > 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
