Re: MD Quality, DQ and SQ

From: Rebecca Temmer (ratemmer.lists@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Dec 01 2005 - 21:37:19 GMT

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    Paul,

    You said:
    I think any confusion comes from Pirsig not having
    expanded the Quality of ZMM to include static quality as well. I think
    that, in the light of LILA, aretê (and its Indian equivalent - dharma) is
    best understood as Dynamic and static quality together.

    Pirsig:
    the wider tension between static (ritual, order) and Dynamic Quality
    (freedom, change) and that... Unlike the Greeks, the Hindus in their many
    thousands of years of cultural evolution had paid enormous attention to the
    conflict between ritual and freedom.

    Rebecca:
    The Good is a combination of dynamic and static quality. Excellence, in a
    person, means building as many high quailty static patterns as you can and
    then being able to act virtuously when you need to (according to some,
    anyhow). That's sort of the conception that I had, which is why I was asking
    about the arete = DQ bit. You're correct in saying that I was confused.
    Thanks for the clear up.

    Thanks.
    Rebecca

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