From: August West (augustwestd@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Jun 02 2003 - 00:51:10 BST
Pi;
I think Nic may mean "perfect" in the sense that
trees are always trees; that an object is an object;
that a is a, is always perfect. This is a definition
of "perfect" that is absoulte. Writing a perfect essay
would however, be relative; as you indicated. It is
however, not impossiable to be "realtively perfect".
i.e. an essay that accomplishes all its goals would be
"relatively perfect".
-August
--- Pi <pi@mideel.ath.cx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 28 May 2003, [iso-8859-1] nic nott wrote:
> > [snip]
> > My question then is does this quality only apply
> to the perception of
> > conciously constructed things ? I feel that
> quality is only reduced
> > through the filters of perception , the perfectly
> enlightened being
> > would see the perfection in any essay and equally
> always write the
> > perfect essay . Quality is always perfect and so
> does not really exist .
> > I welcome any enlightenment in this matter.
>
> Hi Nic,
> I am going to attempt to answer to a part of your
> email because I think
> Davor did an excellent job with the reply. I would
> like add some more
> points to the above mentioned portion.
>
> As I understand it, a "perfectly enlightened being"
> functions very close
> to DQ. To explain, we know that DQ is the leading
> edge of experience and
> all that we perceive around us, filters through our
> static (intellectual)
> patterns. I would think that a person in an
> enlightened state would have
> all the intellectual static filters removed. Since
> DQ does not have any
> positive or negative value associated with it, it
> becomes somewhat useless
> to ask if this person would see perfection in an
> essay or not. In fact,
> the question 'what is perfect and what is not?' is
> quite unecessary at an
> enlightened stage. To quote Pirsig (ZMM):
>
> What is good, Phaedrus,
> and what is not good...
> Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?
>
> :) Its interesting how I never understood this
> statement until after I
> read LILA.
>
> Another thing I would like to point out is that
> there no `absolute
> perfection'. When you say "...the perfection in any
> essay...", you seem to
> be referring to some absolute definition of
> perfection. As I understand
> it, the definition of perfection is very relative to
> our own static
> patterns of quality. For example, I believe that
> Pirsig's ZMM is an
> excellent book, but obviously everyone who has read
> the book does not
> share this opinion.
>
> Hope this made sense. Take care,
>
> - Pi
> http://pirsig.ath.cx/
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