Re: MD Language in the MOQ

From: Valuemetaphysics@aol.com
Date: Fri Nov 28 2003 - 20:08:56 GMT

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    In a message dated 11/28/03 5:00:04 PM GMT Standard Time,
    paulj.turner@ntlworld.com writes:

    > Paul:
    > Me too! As I see it, the western mind has developed one analogy as far
    > as it can go and Pirsig has cleared some space around another primary
    > analogy - rta, arête, dharma, quality - and has tried to redescribe
    > western terminology in its light. As Pirsig has said somewhere (I can't
    > remember where), what he wrote about was not taken from thin air but was
    > lying dormant in our culture. This is something I think DMB makes
    > repeated references to. The trick is not to throw the baby out with the
    > bathwater, and that is why I think the MOQ is potentially more valuable
    > than mysticism and eastern philosophy per se as it rejects neither
    > western nor eastern thinking completely, but values them both as
    > intellectual patterns in one framework. It is in this sense that
    > Northrop's influence on Pirsig is evident as well.
    >
    > Cheers
    >
    > Paul
    >

    Yes, i see!
    Mark

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