Hi DMB:
> > New dmb...
> Well, OK. I'm fixated. But at least Pirsig is with me in this. He sees no
> level beyond the intellect either. (DQ is beyond, but its not a level and
> we can't use it to describe anything because its beyond words too.)
. . . . .
>Here's the thing - we
> agree that the MOQ is beyond SOM. Beyond all the frustrating
> misunderstandings, we really disagree where the MOQ belongs. You say its
> beyond the intellect and I say its not. Pirsig is with me on that too. His
> MOQ has no 5th level.
Pirsig is with you? Then you are going to have to explain away the
following from Chap. 13.
"First, there were moral codes that established the supremacy of
biological life over inanimate nature. Second, there were moral codes
that established the supremacy of the social order over biological life-
conventional morals -proscriptions against drugs, murder, adultery,
theft and the like. Third, there were moral codes that established the
supremacy of the intellectual order over the -social order-democracy,
trial by jury, freedom of speech, freedom of the press. Finally there's a
fourth Dynamic morality which isn't a code. He supposed you could call
it a "code of Art" or something like that, but art is usually thought of as
such a frill that that title undercuts its importance. The morality of the
brujo in Zuni-that was Dynamic morality."
Why would Pirsig even consider that DQ and Art could be connected, or
that a level higher than intellect might be called a "code of Art?" He
"sees" the possibility with his supposition. He leaves the door open a
crack, allowing for a possible future when art is not thought of as a frill,
but essential.
IMO, the MOQ can be considered art in the same way that scientists
find art in efficacious mathematical formulas. In both it's aesthetic
harmony that counts.
Platt
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