Re: MD re: a perfect ending

From: Jonathan B. Marder (marder@agri.huji.ac.il)
Date: Mon May 24 1999 - 06:13:22 BST


Kevin, Glove, everyone,

Glove wrote
>: "...mankind will never be perfect, or even approach perfection, for
>: perfection is in the individual and not to be found in society... man
and
>: woman may approach perfection in spirit and in action... indeed even
>become
>: perfection in spirit and action... but that perfection is something
>Dynamic
>: and unseen.

The whole idea of reaching a state of perfection is to then be
impervious to further change. This sounds like the route to stagnation,
and definitely anti-Pirsigian.

Jonathan

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