RE: MD A bit of reasoning

From: Scott Roberts (jse885@earthlink.net)
Date: Mon Sep 27 2004 - 18:19:36 BST

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    Platt,

    [Platt:]> 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).

    {Scott:] On their beauty, absolutely. Even as a student of mathematics I
    have experienced that beauty. But "responded to DQ" does not quite fit the
    experience. The beauty is inseparable from the pure intellectuality (if
    that is a word) of the moment. It is humdrum intellect momentarily being
    Intellect. That's why calling DQ "pre-intellectual" is such a bad move. The
    quality and the intellectuality are one and the same.

    - Scott

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