dmb, The creation of a metaphysics *is* an immoral act.
Don't you agree? It's written right there by Pirsig in the quote Marsha provided.. > Hi dmb, > On May 22, 2013, at 2:00 PM, david buchanan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> RMP: >> "Of course it's an analogy. Everything is an analogy. But the dialecticians >> don't know that." > > Yes, indeed. This is very insightful and why I find your posts not very > significant. And this same quote also goes along quite well with this one: > > Also RMP: > "Strictly speaking, the creation of any metaphysics is an immoral act since > it's a lower form of evolution, intellect, trying to devour a higher mystic > one. The same thing that's wrong with philosophology when it tries to control > and devour philosophy is wrong with metaphysics when it tries to devour the > world intellectually. It attempts to capture the Dynamic within a static > pattern. But it never does. You never get it right. So why try? It's like > trying to construct a perfect unassailable chess game. No matter how smart > you are you're never going to play a game that is 'right' for all people at > all times, everywhere. Answers to ten questions led to a hundred more and > answers to those led to a thousand more. Not only would he never get it > right; the longer he worked on it the wronger it would probably get." > > > > 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
