Hi Andre,
On Jul 1, 2012, at 7:35 AM, Andre Broersen <[email protected]> wrote: > Ron to Andre: > > Thats a great philosophical question Andre, "how do you know > unity,oneness,whole?" > you said we know them statically, which feels like the right direction. > Quality then is the > primary explanitory factor in our philosophical theories?and in this way we > can say that > Quality is one because it is the basis and begining?on which all explanation > extends. > But That is probably the only way I'd say that Quality is "one". > ? > > Andre: > I think that's right Ron. In Pirsig's words the MoQ is a high-quality static > intellectual pattern of value because of it's economy of statement, > explanatory power (where there wasn't before) and the harmony it produces. > Dq/sq is as you suggest 'the basis and beginning on which all explanation > extends' and I would add depends. I tend to see this in the context of Pirsig > echoing Abraham Maslow on the AHP tapes when he says that we need something > bigger than ourselves ( I think in response to and reaction against > scientism, positivism, populism and churchly stuff). > > In this same context I prefer to change the notion of man being the measure > of all things into DQ/sq is the measure of all things. An evolving wherein > 'Man' is a participant. Like William James insisting that 'the human being is > continuous with Something More'. > > Not sure if this makes sense. Marsha: It makes sense that your statement represents how you measure it. Cheers, Marsha 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
