Re: MD Pirsig's hypocrisy

[Wim Nusselder]

Dear Platt,   You wrote 4/7 8:37 -0400: "By the way, humanitarians dedicated to eliminate suffering should note the following passage: 'If you eliminate suffering from this world you eliminate life. There's no evolution. Those species that don't suffer don't survive. Suffering is the negative face of Quality that drives the whole process." (Lila, Chap. 29)"   I'd say: suffering from the limitations of lower levels' static patterns of value is the negative face of Quality. DQ is the drive to eliminate that suffering, the drive behind evolution. Doesn't really contradict Pirsig, does it?   With friendly greetings,   Wim Nusselder