Re: MD Sophocles not Socrates

From: Elizaphanian (Elizaphanian@members.v21.co.uk)
Date: Mon Nov 11 2002 - 08:19:45 GMT

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    Hi Scott,

    Thanks for the feedback, I do appreciate it.

    >
    > Several times you (and others) characterize the intellectual level as
    > "logical " and "rational". While not incorrect, this misses the
    significance
    > of the intellect in human evolution.

    This is central to what I'm saying. If we understand the intellect in a much
    broader way (as Augustine does, for example - reason, memory and will, with
    the corresponding virtues of faith, hope and love) then there is no longer
    any problem - at that point, as Wim put it, I'm just 'bickering about
    words'. It's just that Pirsig characterises the intellectual level in the
    narrow way (he explicitly says we should use the dictionary definition), and
    it is precisely this narrowness of definition that I am objecting to. So I
    think we're actually in sympathy, aren't we?

    Do feel free to join in with my dialogue with DMB on mysticism by the way. I
    think we'll be coming on to how to understand Logos and nous before too long
    :-)

    Sam
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