RE: MD When is a society a good society?

From: Paul Turner (paulj.turner@ntlworld.com)
Date: Fri Mar 05 2004 - 21:56:50 GMT

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    Chris

    Chris said:
    pssst, i will let you in on a secret - there are no levels just as there
    are no Kantian categories.

    Paul:
    I don't understand your comparison. Has Pirsig, or anyone else, ever
    said that the static levels are innate a priori concepts?

    Chris said:
    A priori levels are platonic forms

    Paul:
    Again, "a priori levels," from where did you get this idea?

    Chris said:
    Pirsig indeed is a platonist, a neoplatonist actually. Does the name
    Plotinus ring a bell?

    Paul:
    Yes, I think Pirsig has said that Plotinus is the closest system to his
    MOQ. I think it is a mistake to jump from a similarity with Plotinus to
    an equation with Plato though. It is this kind of over-eager
    categorisation that destroys originality and hinders understanding.

    Paul

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