From: Moderator@mill.venus.co.uk
Date: Mon Apr 05 2004 - 16:34:49 BST
Topic 1.
"Could a film about ZMM and Pirsig centred on his electro-shock therapy
using
flashback and flashforward techniques to depict moments of enlightenment
and re-
discovery aid in bringing about an MOQ worldview as Pirsig envisions it."
It can be argued that the physical torture that Jesus
endured at the hands of the Jews and Romans had a
catalyzing effect on the early supporters of
Christianity, fueling a fervency that helped catapult
Christianity from its then small cult status to the
dominant religion it is today. The powerful experience of seeing this
brutality is now explicitly
recreated in Mel Gibson's film, The Passion of the
Christ, and could have similar effects on modern
viewers.
Topic 2.
In understanding the metaphysics of Quality, there seem to be two
competing conceptions of the
relative place of dynamic and static quality.
Conception 1: that Quality is the source, from which dynamic Quality and
static Quality are both
derivative aspects, of equal Quality, albeit that one is a temporal
product of the other; and
Conception 2: that Dynamic Quality is the source, and Static Quality is
the derivative aspect, so
Dynamic Quality is Qualitatively superior to Static Quality.
I think Conception 1 is correct, whereas DMB thinks Conception 2 is
correct, and that difference, I believe, underlies much of our
disagreement re religion and mysticism. I think that this would
benefit from further analysis.
Questions:
A) do the Dynamic and Static aspects have equal claim to the ascription
Quality, or does the Dynamic
possess more Quality than the Static?
B) is it possible to discern which of these Robert Pirsig advocates?
C) if it should be that Conception 2 is what he advocates, is it
coherent and consistent with the
presentation of Quality in ZMM and elsewhere?
Topic 3.
Continue March 2K4 topic for another Month.
MOQ.ORG - http://www.moq.org
Mail Archive - http://alt.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_focus/
MF Queries - horse@darkstar.uk.net
To unsubscribe from moq_focus follow the instructions at:
http://www.moq.org/mf/subscribe.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Mon Apr 05 2004 - 16:34:55 BST