[Dave H had said:] To be clear - a philosophical forum, by definition, is interested in one of these levels only - the intellectual level. The intellect doesn't like undefined things. Talking intellectually is itself actually a form of degeneracy. This is admitted by Pirsig where he writes:
"Writing a metaphysics is, in the strictest mystic sense, a degenerate activity." If that was the end of the story, then writing an intellectual Metaphysics would be something one ought not do. But, according to Pirsig, that isn't the end of the story.. "The only person who doesn't pollute the mystic reality of the world with fixed metaphysical meanings is a person who hasn't yet been born — and to whose birth no thought has been given. The rest of us have to settle for being something less pure. Getting drunk and picking up bar-ladies and writing metaphysics is a part of life." So Pirsig proceeds to outline the intellectual philosophy of the MOQ - thus embracing the degeneracy of the intellect and destroying the fundamental undefined source of all things with fixed metaphysical meanings. Ron replies: I think the most important part to look at is the line: " Getting drunk and picking up bar-ladies and writing metaphysics is a part of life." reduces to: To live is to pollute the mystic reality. It is an interesting question though, why a proclaimed mystic would engage in what they considerd to be a degenerate activity. Kinda like an Atheist being an attentive church member. .. 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
