Roger, Platt, all
Platt:
> But the MOQ is especially vulnerable because Pirsig puts
> Quality beyond definition, thus providing an open invitation
> for everyone to see in the MOQ what he wants to see.
Vulnerable? I'd say it's more dynamic than ideologies. And, yes, what's dynamic
is also vulnerable, but it has also much more chances.
"Phaedrus, in contrast, sometimes forgot the cart but was fascinated by the
horse. He thought the best way to examine the contents of various
philosophological carts is first to figure out what *you* believe and then to
see what great philosophers agree with you" (Lila, ch.25)
This is our approach, I'd say. No one here is searching for The Recipe. The MOQ
is a good ground, the rest is up to us.
> The devastating paradox that makes the MOQ so susceptible
> to varying interpretations is that we all know what quality is,
> but few agree on what it is.
> A myriad of differing views on what constitutes quality threatens to
> undermine the MOQ to the extent that its wide acceptance will be
> almost impossible to achieve. After participating on this site since its
> inception several years ago, I have reluctantly come to that conclusion
> although I’m sure others more perceptive than me came to that
> conclusion many months ago if indeed not on their first reading of Lila.
> Simply put, the MOQ cannot be used successfully as a platform to
> change the world.
I read sorrow in your words, but I'm a little puzzled. You have stressed me and
others that intellectual solutions are dangerous....
Anyway, it depends on what you mean for "successfully". I've always thought that
the value of the MOQ is to give food for thought, and not ready-made solutions.
If it's not a platform to change the world, I think it is a platform to change
ourselves. And that's enough.
Roger:
> The quest is to find the imperfections in our own view.
My compatriot Andrea wrote once: "all we can do is to find a better mistake".
Ciao
Marco
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