Hey Wim,
Pirsig comments:
'This is a stretch that seems to destroy the meaning of the word "society."
One could say "an atom is a society of electrons and protons", but that
weakens the meaning of the word without gaining anything.'
and yet....
Pirsig also comments:
"...the shift in cell reproduction from mitosis to meiosis to permit sexual
choice and allow huge DNA diversification is a Dynamic advance. So is the
collective organization of cells into metazoan *societies* called plants and
animal (LILA p170, emphasis added)."
Does this not "weaken" the meaning of the word as well?
hmmm....
rick
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