"He wondered what it was about himself that she couldn't see when he was
getting angry. Just now at the cafe she'd gone on for fifteen minutes about
what great people they were and she never saw what was coming. She missed the
whole point of everything. She's after Quality, like everybody else, but she
defines it entirely in biological terms. She doesn't see intellectual quality
at all. It's outside her range. She doesn't even see social quality." (Lila 214)
"Lila's religion of one doesn't have a chance." (Lila 372)
"Lila's problem wasn't that she was suffering from a lack of Dynamic freedom.
It's hard to see how she could possibly have any more freedom. What she needed
now were stable patterns to ENCASE that freedom. She needed some way of being
re-integrated into the rituals of everyday living. ..These defensive pattens
were not only as bad as the patterns she was running from, they were worse!
..RTA. That's what was missing from her life. Ritual." (Lila 386)
Andre said Marsha:
So there are four arguments here that you (continually) use and which are
CONTRARY to Pirsig's MOQ:1) the intellectual level = SOM2) DQ=sq3) sq is
'everchanging...'4) The MOQ=Experience.
dmb says:
If a person wanted to misconstrue and distort the MOQ's basic structure, any
one of those four equations would more than enough to get the job done. But if
we add all four of them to Marsha's picture of the titular character, I think
it's completely obvious that she understands nothing about the MOQ. She
identifies with a character who sees the value of nothing except booze, sex and
chocolate. Philosophy isn't for everybody, you know? If "she doesn't see
intellectual quality at all" and it's so far "outside her range" that "she
doesn't even see social quality", then obviously she has no business in a place
like this. It's like trying to play chess with a chimp. It's just not going to
happen no matter how many bananas you bring.
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