RE: MD A bit of reasoning

From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Mon Sep 27 2004 - 14:55:43 BST

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    Hi Scott,

    > By this view of intellect, a creative mathematician like Poincare
    > apparently does nothing but take dictation from DQ. I don't believe that,
    > and I don't think Pirsig believes it, but from his definition of intellect
    > as static, what else can one say?

    Poincare wrote, "The useful discoveries are precisely the most beautiful,"
    suggesting he responded to DQ just as Pirsig described it -- a moment when
    existing static patterns are so weakened that Dynamic Quality shines
    through. (Lila, 9).

    Best,
    Platt

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