From: Allen Barrows (allen_barrows@yahoo.co.uk)
Date: Fri Jun 24 2005 - 13:05:17 BST
Allen,
Allen - Indeed, truth in intellectual terms is the degree to which
harmonious relationships are elegent and aesthetically valued. I may be
banging on about harmony allot, but so does ZMM!
Paul: Yes, I think an anti-dualist account of truth can make use of a
concept of intellectual harmony. It goes hand in hand with the idea
that
there is a general desire to resolve intellectual tension and
contradiction.
From this point of view static patterns of intellect are forced by
Dynamic
Quality into reweaving new relationships between existing patterns and
adding and subtracting patterns from its repertoire. The elegance you
speak
of may accompany a successful bout of this reweaving.
This, of course, does not mean that all patterns are always reconciled.
There may be several "webs," which reminds me of a quote from Pirsig's
AHP
Lecture:
"The multiplicity of mind is accommodated by the MOQ. It says you can
have
many mental patterns and many people do. The characteristics of the
narrator of ZMM are one pattern that was in my mind. The
characteristics of
Phaedrus were an entirely different pattern in my mind and those two
patterns hate each other. The MOQ says that you can split a person out
in
lots of ways and that the patterns which we call our minds are the
result of
separate paths of karmic history and we don't really reconcile them
very
much." [Pirsig, 1993]
Regards
Paul
Hello Paul, Facinating reading here thank you. I like the notion of several webs evolving to stand side by side and in conflict. No SOM there!
Severe conflict perhaps beckons chaos and turmoil, and resolution brings peace and balance. I do not mean the balance of a see-saw or to sound as crude as that - there is much more going on than a simple evening up.
Few people get the chance to find peace perhaps, although many before have left signs and indicators which may be of help. Perhaps the Buddha was one such sign post?
Which brings me around to the intellect. The Budhha was a most intellectual person i feel if he ever existed as one man. His intellect is not apparent in maths - i do not recall ever reading the Budhha indulging in maths! But he was a superb player of words and meaning - fashioning established patterns into a better web. His web was a coherent one indeed.
I find no evidence in his words which indicates to me that subjects and objects are the primary level of the intellect.
Hope this excursion makes sense paul?
Thank you,
Allen
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