Yes, that's a fine quote...
On Aug 19, 2013, at 11:34 AM, david buchanan <[email protected]> wrote: > Marsha said: > I won't bore you by presenting a bunch of quotes. I'd just like to state > that Patrick Doorly's book is chocked full of Quality insights. It is > wonderful to see Mr. Pirsig and the MoQ and art presented with such > seriousness. Better explanations! I find so many paragraphs inspire > further reflection. Bravo! > > > > dmb says: > Yes, Doorly certainly knows what he's talking about. > > "Indeed we could characterize 'Being' as the ability to respond to the good > or bad, that is to Quality. In his second book, Lila, An Inquiry into Morals > (1991), Pirsig considered what a rational intellectual framework might look > like, if Quality is accepted as the primary reality. The metaphysics of > Quality (MOQ) he constructed to that end completes the project he began in > Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. By restoring the Good to > philosophical primacy, he also repaired the damage wrought when Plato allowed > knowledge to contain it." -- (Patrick Doorly in The Truth About Art: > Reclaiming Quality, page 128) > > I think that pretty well sums up what Paul was saying in his recent essay. > > > > 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 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
