RE: MD SOLAQI as gift of understanding

From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Sat Jan 24 2004 - 19:55:06 GMT

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    Hi Paul, Mati, Bo and All:

    Paul wrote:
    :
    > Bo's interpretation of the MOQ states that something is only better than
    > something else if it is in a higher level. This conclusion follows from the
    > premises that each level is of "one value" and all patterns within a given
    > level are of identical quality. Bo therefore defines levels as the value of
    > X. When it comes to defining the intellectual level, Bo has suggested the
    > value of the epistemological distinction of subjective/objective.
     
    Bo's position that each level is of "one value," namely S/O, is directly
    contradicted by Pirsig in several places, some previously cited. The
    citation that clinches the argument for me in Pirsig's favor is the
    following from Chp. 8 of LIla:

    "There are many sets of intellectual reality in existence and we can
    perceive some to have more quality than others . . ."

    A question still remains unanswered, however. What level "perceives" that
    the intellectual level contains "many sets" of intellectual patterns of
    varying quality? An eye cannot see itself.

    Platt

      

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