I must disagree with your assertion that truth is the highest form of
intellectual quality. Truth is dynamic quality. They are synonymous. To
try and fit truth into intellectual quality is backwards. Intellectual
quality is one way of expressing dynamic quality. Just like art or music or
the gods of ancient Rome were different expressions of that same dynamic
quality. (Just as an aside, to propose that celebrity is the highest form of
social quality is ludicrous. Read what Buddhism has to say about celebrity -
that it's "hell on earth." The highest form of social quality is the most
dynamic; i.e., the one that most promotes social/human development. By your
statement Tom Cruise would have more social quality than someone like Mother
Theresa because he's a "bigger celebrity.")
Your conclusion that truth is static misses the point of MOQ all together.
MOQ was developed because Pirsig found that "Quality" runs ahead of any
explanation, or static patterns, when it's first experienced. His example
being the feeling you get when you hear a new song that you like - you know
you like it but you can't necessarily explain why. It just makes you feel
something that's beyond rational explanation. But just because it's beyond
explanation doesn't make it any less true, or have less quality for you.
In short, in MOQ truth exists on all static levels, and on into the dynamic.
Indeed, Pirsig was sent on his quest for MOQ because he saw that there is a
truth beyond explanation - Dynamic Quality.
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