Re: MD The individual in the MOQ

From: Charles Roghair (ctr@pacificpartssales.com)
Date: Fri Aug 27 2004 - 20:10:12 BST

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    Hello All:

    Pardon the interruption, but, if you don't mind, Ham, care to elaborate
    on "the rules of Harmony?"

    Curious,

    Chuck

    On Aug 27, 2004, at 10:45 AM, Joseph Maurer wrote:

    > On 26 August 2004 2:49 PM Ham writes to Joe, Platt, Paul:
    >
    > Joseph said:
    > Everything in the encyclopedia is enclosed in a moral hierarchy. Is
    > this my awareness of logic? As an individual sentient I can be an
    > illogical, immoral artist creating from an acceptance of DQ. Is this
    > how I
    > escape
    > from logic's restraints?
    >
    >
    > Ham said:
    > Maybe artistic creation is the alternative, Joseph. However, I know
    > something about the construction of music, and it relies pretty heavily
    > onrules of harmony and counterpoint that may be considered a form of
    > logic.
    > I
    > suspect that the visual arts come with their own set of rules.
    > Incidentally,
    > I'm not trying to evade logic, and I do appreciate the analysis you
    > all are
    > offering. There is a time, however, (especially at the outset of an
    > exposition) when the author should be
    > permitted to decribe his or her concept in descriptive terms -- much as
    > Pirsig has done in his novels.(-; Once we get the total picture we can
    > scrutinize it logically and assess its merits.
    >
    > Hi Ham, Platt, Paul, and all,
    >
    > joe: i am not well educated in music theory. I separate awareness from
    > evolution. IMO awareness is through the mystical ,?,. SOM confused the
    > mystical with an unverifiable subjective experience. IMO evolution,
    > morality, in the MOQ is a model for different levels in awareness. I
    > was
    > suggesting logic is tied to the evolutionary model. For example I have
    > a
    > mystical awareness of gravity. Newton proposes a law of gravity,
    > logic. The
    > law of gravity is not a law of purpose. The logic of acceleration is
    > not the
    > logic of purpose. Feeding which is mystical organic awareness of
    > purpose
    > contains a logic of purpose. A logic of social order, existence, for
    > the
    > social order. A logic of creation, unfinished s/o ?, for the
    > intellectual
    > order. Can logic be a law of evolutionary vibrations for which the
    > musical
    > octave is a model? I don't have answers! My questions come from
    > reading! I
    > am not creative!
    >
    > Joe
    >
    >> Joseph said:
    >>> Everything in the encyclopedia is enclosed in a moral hierarchy. Is
    >>> this my awareness of logic? As an individual sentient I can be an
    >> illogical,
    >>> immoral artist creating from an acceptance of DQ. Is this how I
    >>> escape
    >> from
    >>> logic's restraints?
    >>
    >> Maybe artistic creation is the alternative, Joseph. However, I know
    >> something about the construction of music, and it relies pretty
    >> heavily on
    >> rules of harmony and counterpoint that may be considered a form of
    >> logic.
    > I
    >> suspect that the visual arts come with their own set of rules.
    >>
    >> Incidentally, I'm not trying to evade logic, and I do appreciate the
    >> analysis you all are offering. There is a time, however,
    >> (especially at the outset of an exposition) when the author should be
    >> permitted to decribe his or her concept in descriptive terms -- much
    >> as
    >> Pirsig has done in his novels.(-; Once we get the total picture we
    >> can
    >> scrutinize it logically and assess its merits.
    >>
    >> Essentially yours,
    >> Ham
    >>
    >>
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