>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Feb 6 08:43:55 1999 >Received: (from majordomo@localhost) > by mill.venus.co.uk (8.8.6/8.8.6) id QAA22508 > for moq_discuss-outgoing; Sat, 6 Feb 1999 16:42:31 GMT >Received: from mail.netsites.net (mainserver.netsites.net [207.2.194.130]) > by mill.venus.co.uk (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id QAA22503 > for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sat, 6 Feb 1999 16:42:28 GMT >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Received: from Pclark [207.2.194.16] by mail.netsites.net with ESMTP > (SMTPD32-4.06) id A1F13BA01CA; Sat, 06 Feb 1999 10:46:41 CST >From: "Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: MD Zen and DQ >Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 10:52:31 -0600 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Priority: 3 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Precedence: bulk >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Jason, Rob, Ciona, and squad, > According to my interpretation of Pirsig's proposal Dynamic Quality is >not something that we have to meditate on, or even think about. It seems to >me that it applies to the entire inorganic universe as well as all life, >sentient or non-sentient, within it. It is the directing force that ensures >that all possibilities are noticed and tried. It works equally for people >who have never heard of Pirsig as well as those on this squad. It does not >necessarily produce "truth" for sentient beings, it produces a trend toward >"truth" which, in turn, produces a trend toward a more ethical world >society. This is the basis of Pirsig's "Many Truths" idea. that all ethics >including sentient ethics will exhibit a continual trend toward greater >value and morality. Morality does not just apply to humans, it applies to >the entire living universe. All of the physical systems including the >universe, Galaxies, Solar systems, and the Earth exhibit the properties of >living systems. It is becoming increasingly noticed that all of these >systems maintain opposition to the flow of entropy toward complete >randomness which is a property of life. > >"All life is a migration of static patterns of Quality toward Dynamic >Quality," (P. 160) > >"Not just life, but everything, is an ethical activity. It is nothing else" >(P. 181). > The statement below is inherently Cosmotheist Ken. I will explain when I have more time. > Again, if we follow Pirsig's philosophy all life, including humanity, as >well as the functioning of the inorganic universe, is inescapably embedded >in the Quality function even if most of us are not aware of it. Ken > > > >MOQ Homepage - http://www.moq.org >Mail Archive - http://alt.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/ > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com MOQ Homepage - http://www.moq.org Mail Archive - http://alt.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/
