Erin said:
The second time I wrote Enlightenment I did mean enlightenment.
If that is Really that Funny I CaN miscapitalize Lots of words to make your
DaY.
If it is Something else You find Funny please expand.
This was in response to your claim "This is the failure of the
enlightenment.
This is what the MOQ attempts to fix."
(which by the way I find Very funny--MOQ fixes enlightenment???????????????
or
did you mean Enlightenment chuckle chuckle snort)
DMB says:
I'm just saying that enlightenment of the spiritual sort was not the topic
of my post. The failure that it refered to was of a historical nature, not a
mystical one. I didn't notice your use of capitalization, and that issue
never crossed my mind. But I thought the misunderstanding was kinda funny.
See?
DMB originally SAID:
Somebody claimed that postmodernism and/or deconstructionism is a reaction
to the failure of the Enlightment. I don't doubt it. Lots of things are a
response to that same problem. The MOQ is an attempt to correct that
failure. Pirsig argues that this failure has resulted in a metaphysics of
substance, which is otherwise known as SOM. He also points at the same
mistake in refering to amoral scientific objectivity. The same thing might
be called godless materialism by religious conservatives. All reactionary
movements are a response to an intellectual system that has failed to
include social level values. They're reacting to the death of god. In the
intellectual level's attempt to assert itself over social level values it
has ignored and destroyed them. This is the failure of the enlightenment.
This is what the MOQ attempts to fix.
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>Erin:
>I would agree SOM failed to "solve" the "problem" of Enlightenment.
>I wouldn't say MOQ "solved" the "problem" because "solving" is part of the
>part of the problem. But I would agree that MOQ has "solved" the problem
of
>
>"solving" in the sense that it showed Enlightenment is a mystery to be
>experienced rather then a problem to be solved.
>
>DMB:
>Chuckle, chuckle. Snort. The Enlightment is an historical period that lead
>to the birth of science, political revolution and the demise of Holy Roman
>Empire. Personal spiritual enlightenment is another matter altogether.
>
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