Marcus was considered a stoic philosopher and stoicism has Platonic roots I believe. The passions Are rejected. Pirsig on the other hand seems to place more importance on emotion And feeling as a guiding principle Toward intellect. There are ideas that are similar but They come from different places in Context. It will be interesting to see what others think. Thanks for the topic! -Ron
> On Mar 5, 2015, at 11:30 AM, "ngriffis" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I came across this thought #55 in Book 7 in "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius > (Roman Emperor and Philosopher, 121 to 180 AD): > > > > "Do not look around at the directing minds of other people, but keep > straight ahead to where nature is leading you - both universal nature, in > what happens to you, and your own nature, in what you must do yourself. > Every creature must do what follows from its' own constitution. The rest of > creation is constituted to serve rational beings (just as in everything else > the lower exists for the higher), but rational beings are here to serve each > other. So the main principle in man's constitution is the social. The second > is resistance to the promptings of the flesh. It is the specific property of > rational and intelligent activity to isolate itself and never be influenced > by the activity of the senses or impulses: both these are of the animal > order, and it is the aim of the intelligent activity to be sovereign over > them and never yield them the mastery - and rightly so, as it is the very > nature of intelligence to put all these things to its' own use. The third > element in a rational constitution is a judgment unhurried and undeceived. > So let your directing mind hold fast to these principles and follow the > straight road ahead: then it has what belongs to it." > > > > I think this quote touches on some of what Mr. Persig built his > philosophy upon, perhaps similar ideas from different sources. It gives us > an idea of the foundations that brought us to MOQ. I am always delighted > when historic knowledge dovetails into present-day leading-edge knowledge. I > hope the subscribers to MOQ find this of interest. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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
