From: Valence (valence10@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Nov 24 2002 - 19:43:59 GMT
Hey all,
In various threads that are active right now, the following two quotes from the LILA'S CHILD annotations have been thrown around quite a bit:
PIRSIG 1
For purposes of MOQ precision, let's say the intellectual level is the same as mind. It is the collection and manipulation of symbols, created in the brain, that stand for patterns of experience.
PIRSIG 2
In the MOQ all organisms are objective. The exist in the material world. All societies are subjective. They exist in the mental world. Again the distinction is very sharp.
RICK
Quote #1 clearly states that "the intellectual level is the same as mind". Yet, quote #2 states that "All societies... exist in the mental world." Unless there is some meaningful difference between "mind" and "the mental world" then these two quotes taken together would add up to saying that all societies exist in the intellectual level. Yet, that obviously can't be right given the very design of the static levels. The most frustrating part of this is that in both of the quotes Pirsig claims he is acting in the interest of precision (a sharp distinction).
Anybody care to try and reconcile these quotes?
rick
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