Hi Rick,
I am aware of the quote you cite.
However, if you read what i said more carefully, you will note:
1. Truth time is a concept and therefore an intellectual static pattern of
quality derived from an inorganic model. i.e. the motion of planetary bodies.
This is the notion of tije science uses for example.
This does not contradict what Pirsig says.
2. DQ = Time in the sense that Time is a synonym for Quality.
This leaves my other notion of time, and one that appears in common language.
i.e. Quality time concept free.
This does not contradict Pirsig either.
All the best,
Squonk.
In a message dated 1/11/02 6:42:46 PM GMT Standard Time,
valence10@hotmail.com writes:
<< Subj: Re: MD Metaphysics of quality time
Date: 1/11/02 6:42:46 PM GMT Standard Time
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Hey Davor and Squonk,
This is from Anthony's 1997 essay "Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality" which is
posted on the forum. The quote comes from a letter written from Pirsig to
Anthony...
Pirsig states that...
"It's important to keep all 'concepts' out of Dynamic Quality. Concepts are
always static. Once they get into Dynamic Quality they'll overrun it and try
to present it as some kind of a concept itself. (For instance) I think it's
better to say that time is a static intellectual concept that is one of the
very first to emerge from Dynamic Quality. That keeps Dynamic Quality
concept-free."
"Time is only a problem for the SOM people because if time has none of the
properties of an object then it must be subjective. And if time is
subjective that means Newton's laws of acceleration and many other laws of
physics are subjective. Nobody in the scientific world wants to allow that."
There you go, right from the man himself.
hope that helps,
rick
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