Quoting Kevin Perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello Platt, > > > I don't think there's anything "mystical" in seeking the "highest quality > > explanation." If you know what beauty is you know what Pirsig is talking > about. > > I would say the experience of beauty is a mystical experience.
Hello Kevin, If by mystical you mean non-symbolic and "independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions" (Lila, 5) I agree. I would also characterize instinct, insight and intuition as "mystical" for the same reasons. To many people, however, "mystical" means something strange and out-of-this world, experienced only to Buddhist monks after years of isolation and meditation in Tibetan monasteries. My mistake in thinking that was what you meant. Platt ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ 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.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
