From: Sam Norton (elizaphanian@kohath.wanadoo.co.uk)
Date: Sat Nov 20 2004 - 15:28:23 GMT
Hi Chin,
> Pretty much how I read this is that "Man is the measure of all things." --
> Quality and/or value are all things combined. Man is not the creator, but the
> namer, offering descriptions for his own use, yes. Man is also not the passive
> observer. He does have influence on the world around him. Man would be an active
> participant in the advancement of Quality and/or value in the world in which
> he lives.
Agree with that.
> As I saw it, Quality did have Lila. Lila chose to pass on Quality for the
> safer and more accepted lower quality static patterns created by man,
> particularly Rigel and his 'Victorian principles.'
> My problem was with the Idol stating that they all won. Lila got Rigel;
> Rigel got Lila; Phaedrus was rid of Lila. Did this add Quality to either of their
> lives? -or- Did it come through the misconception that there was more to
> Lila than Rigel thought, and that Rigel offered Quality to Lila in the form of
> an answer to her quest for Value? Did Phaedrus miss out on the opportunity to
> improve the world around him in some small way by allowing Rigel to take Lila
> out of a Quality discovering opportunity? It seems to me to be a sellout on
> all their parts. But that is just me.
Lila lost out on pure DQ but gained the benefit of a static latch (Rigel) which was - we are led to
believe - a step forward for her. I think there is something in the Protestant inspired cultures
which idolises the Dynamic, and is neglectful of the need for SQ patterns in which that DQ might
flourish. RMP has space for both of course.
> Did I hear Dan Glover, an author of a book, say that it is likely it is he
> that is missing something? What a refreshing attitude over what I have been
> accustomed to from authors of other books I have had the opportunity to speak
> with. I must see if I can find a copy of this book. It may prove to further
> reduce my concerns that "Poetry" as Socrates called it " . . . is imitative."
You should read the book - Lila's Child. Available through Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1403357544/qid=1100964312/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-7485797-1835306?v=glance&s=books
(you might need to stick that reference together for it to work)
Regards
Sam
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