Ken,
Great to hear from you. I think it would benefit newcomers to learn
more about your reasons for being concerned when we follow a
narrow, human-centered interpretation of Pirsig�s work. I know you
probably get tired of repeating yourself, but there are new people
joining the group all the time who don�t read old posts in the
archives. IMHO, your unique perspective really should be repeated
from time to time. It�s too important to languish on a dusty shelf.
You know the old saying, � Out of sight, out of mind.�
As for your suggestion to change from �. . . plus a creative force
called to Dynamic Quality� to �. . . driven by a creative force called
Quality,� I confess to not seeing much of a difference but have no
objection to your change. As you know, Pirsig�s highest
abstraction is �Quality� which he splits into static and Dynamic. To
my mind, patterns of value come under the static side of the split
while values yet to be structured are Dynamic. If I were to make
any change in the original statement I would add the word �moral�
to �creative force� to emphasize the key component to Pirsig�s
metaphysics that sets it apart from all others.
Please, let�s hear more from you.
Platt
Original statement:
Still, I stand by my assertion that Pirsig is the only philosopher to
write a metaphysics based on the initial assumption that the world
consists solely of patterns of moral values plus a creative force
called Dynamic Quality, and that from that initial assumption he
has given us a view of reality unlike any other ever presented.
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