Re: Re: MD The Individual Level

From: David Morey (us@divadeus.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Fri Apr 16 2004 - 20:03:29 BST

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    Nice to hear from you Dan
    thanks for the quote it is a useful one.
    Ever get round to reading my novel by the way?

    regards
    David M

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Dan Glover" <daneglover@hotmail.com>
    To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
    Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 6:16 PM
    Subject: Re: Re: MD The Individual Level

    > Hello Platt, all
    >
    > >From: "Platt Holden" <pholden@sc.rr.com>
    > >Reply-To: moq_discuss@moq.org
    > >To: moq_discuss@moq.org
    > >Subject: Re: Re: MD The Individual Level
    > >Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 12:13:38 -0400
    > >
    > >I see no contradictions in renaming the Intellectual Level the Individual
    > >Level. It's simply a proposal for a change for the better in the MOQ,
    > >something Pirsig encouraged.
    >
    > In his Lila's Child annotations Robert Pirsig writes: "The word 'I' like
    the
    > word 'self' is one of the trickiest words in any metaphysics. Sometimes it
    > is an object, a human body; sometimes it is a subject, a human mind. I
    > believe there are a number of philosophic systems, notably Ayn Rand's
    > 'Objectivism,' that call the 'I' or 'individual' the central reality.
    > Buddhists say it is an illusion. So do scientists. The MOQ says it is a
    > collection of static patterns cabable of apprehending Dynamic Quality. I
    > think that if you identify the 'I' with the intellect and nothing else you
    > are taking an uinusual position that may need some defending." (#130)
    >
    > Dan
    >
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