Marco,
MARCO:
>>(by the way, Glenn, I refuse DQ is supernatural, IMO its natural as nature
>>is just another name for Quality. This is important here.)
DQ is supernatural according to the first two definitions in the American
Heritage Dictionary and a careful reading of Lila.
supernatural:
1.Of or relating to existence outside the natural world.
2.Attributed to a power that seems to violate or go beyond
natural forces.
Pirsig refers to DQ as a "value-force" in Ch. 24(?), and he tries
to argue that the laws of nature are sometimes violated or circumvented
in cases where life decides to follow DQ instead.
A person who believes strongly in ghosts and can convince himself that some
theory of ghosts is compatible with the laws of nature would also think that
ghosts are natural. Similarly, you can agree with Pirsig that this
"value-force" is the most natural thing in the world; or you can disagree with
him and equate DQ to random or unpredictable events in nature. Either way,
DQ is natural, but the former is an MOQ position and the latter is an SOM
position that weaves, co-opts, and recontexturalizes the MOQ vocabulary.
Glenn
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