dlt,
--- > philosophically, maybe quality = dq + sq, but how is that of use to us in the way we live our lives???This seems to me just another way of asking "Philosophy: Who needs it?". The best answer I've found so far is one by Ayn Rand:
..."Most men spend their days struggling to evade three questions, the answers to which underlie man's every thought, feeling and action whether he is consciously aware of it of not: Where am I? How do I know it? What should I do?..... There is only one science that can answer them: philosophy. ---
it seems to me that philosphy is a way of avoiding these questions while making yourself believe you are trying to answer them.
where am i? .... where i percieve myself to be, the only things to disagree with this are other people, but why is there opinion more valid than mine? it is not.
how do i know it? .... it's the only reality i know
so what should i do about it? ... accept it and make the best of it. not everything can be answered and there is no such thing as truth, just do the things THAT MAKE SENCE TO YOU!
why do you need such intense philosophical arguments to do that? when you are unfit, do you start exercising and looking at how to make yourself healthier or do you read book and books about the human body and how it functions right down to the level of understanding genetics while at no time making an attempt to pass on what he learns to the way he lives his life? i rest my case.
--- many find adoption and practice of a religious dogma a perfectly acceptable and rewarding way to guide their lives, others do not, seeking instead a more "conscious, rational process." In the end the process is not as important as the quality it manifests in your life. ---
i'm not religious and dont see religion as an answer. i see the question of life requiring a pragmatic answer, and philosophy as it appears in most places doesnt appear to be this. the beauty of pirsigs writing as i see it, is it can be easily translated into a pragmatic way of thinking. that is his true genius. i dont think it does him justice to simply look at the deep philosophical implications of what he said without considering what it ACTUALLY means to the only reality we all know ... the reality that is US.
just my view
regards rich.
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