Dear Christopher,
What an excellent post! I must concur! It seems that the true and perfect
order of the Universe will always allude us, if we insist on ascribing our
own concept of order to it. It is like a single hair on the ear of a horse
trying to define the equine beast of which it is a part. Only when it
recognizes its connectiveness with the vast organism that is the stallion,
does it even begin to glimpse the perfection of the animal.
Regards,
The Bard
----- Original Message -----
From: Christopher McClain <native_son@backpacker.com>
To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: MD Quality vs Tao
> Has Pirsig found a good way to place Quality within the framework of a
rational metaphysics? Dealing with philosophers, one would very often feel
not. I feel it is the philosophers who need to wake up!
>
> The key word is "rational". Philosophers insist upon "rational", and in
that regard Pirsig fails. By the very nature of Quality, no "rational"
system could contain it. However, that is not to say that Pirsig's
discussion of Quality is not somewhat enlightening. Not even the Tao Te
Ching can tell you what the Tao is, but after reading it I felt that a
pretty accurate message was implied.
>
> We can try to capture Quality with static descriptions, and we may improve
each time we try. Our metaphysics may evolve like our notions of geometry
and physics. But while Quality may be our approachable limit, it is our
unattainable limit, when it comes to strictly logical terms. Quality is the
"Ultimate Logic". But whenever we try to look at it, it appears as Chaos.
>
> Chaos is nothing more than our perception of an ultimate logic, Quality,
Tao, where our ideas have been categorized and subcategorized so much that
each idea is its own category with its own rule, and suddenly it looks like
we have made no progress -- Chaos.
>
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