Hi Dan, On Mar 30, 2013, at 4:53 PM, Dan Glover <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello everyone > > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 9:53 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Greetings, >> >> For me, this is a good analogy for 'the fundamental nature of static >> quality is Dynamic Quality. > > Hi Marsha > > I guess I don't see where you're going with this. Water isn't distinct from > ice. Water IS ice. It is simply in a solid state rather than a liquid. > Inorganic patterns like water change structure according to the ambient > surroundings. Think iron: its melting point is much higher than water. But > it is still iron in either state. > > On the other hand, static quality is distinct from Dynamic Quality by > definition. Static quality emerges from Dynamic Quality. To say 'the > fundamental nature of static quality is Dynamic Quality' seems confusing > rather than enlightening, in my opinion. Isn't the fundamental nature of > static quality its definition? No, for me, the fundamental nature of static quality (determinate) IS Dynamic Quality (indeterminate), and I do not find that confusing at all. I find this quote to be a good analogy. Thanks for your opinion. Marsha >> "Water is distinct from ice, but in the ice cube it is present: not as a >> fly might be trapped there, but _in the very ice_. And yet when the ice >> cube is gone, the water remains. Although we see water as ice, we do so >> not because it is there separately, to be seen from behind or apart from >> the cube." >> >> (Iain McGilchrist, 'The MASTER and his EMISSARY: >> The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World', p. >> 452). >> >> >> Marsha > Thank you, > > Dan > > 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
