From: Case (Case@iSpots.com)
Date: Mon Nov 21 2005 - 16:55:48 GMT
Peter, Case and all:
Case said:
The Tao of MoQ equates The Way with Yang and results in duality. In the Tao
of MoQ, The Way is balanced against Yin. Lao Tzu wouldn't stand for it.
Peter replied:
... I disagree when you claim the Tao of MoQ equated The Way with Yang. Is
Tao of MoQ your invention? As I understand Taoism, Yin and Yang are opposing
aspects and result in The Way. In any case, The Way is something other than
Yang. So it seems an inappropriate correlation of Taoism and MoQ.
RMP wrote: (ZAMM, end of chapter 20)
"...Phaedrus went over to his bookshelf and picked out a small, blue,
cardboard bound-book. He'd hand-copied this book and bound it himself years
before, when he couldn't find a copy for sale anywhere. It was the 2,400
year-old TAO TE CHING of Lao Tzu. He began to read through the lines he had
read many times before, but this time he studied it to see if a certain
substitution would work. He began to read and interpret at the same time."
[snip lenghty Pirsig quote]
[dmb]
Hope that helps.
[Case]
Well, I thought that is what I have been saying. Furthermore if one reads
Lila with this quote in mind I think the translation works as well. I remain
puzzled at the need to leave DQ undefined.
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