Hi Bo Is it not simply that people increasingly recognise other values and possibilities that do not fall into divine or social authority. Some of these are related to practical values, some to pleasure values, some to stoic values, some to the idea of critical reason, some to the value of describing experience, then we get travel and schism, so that we need to make sense of divergence of belief, then we get practical values becoming science, and always some extension from religious thought into philosophy. I say a great mix and no single dividing line. What starts off small grows into something large and seeks its autonomy and its limits.
David M ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 8:25 AM Subject: [MD] What's missing? > Absolutely All. > I have tried to tried to air this "quiz" a couple of times but for > some incomprehensible reason it did not evoke any interest, so I > try again and hope that many will respond. > > In his letter of September 2003 to Paul Turner Pirsig uttered > these words: > > Just when the evolution of the intellectual level from the > social level took place in history can only be speculated > on .... [snip] .... but if one studies the early books of the > Bible or if one studies the sayings of primitive tribes > today, the intellectual level is conspicuously absent. The > world is ruled by Gods who follow social and biological > patterns and nothing else. > > But more specifically, what is missing from the said Biblical age > compared to posterity? If that can be pinned down we finally have > Pirsig's definition of what constitutes intellect. Of course there are > a billion "things" and, not much talk about politics and economics > ..etc. but you know what I mean.: In a MOQ context what has > happened in between? > > Please > > Bo > > > > > 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/ > 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/
