Erin:
> I thought I would expand on what I wrote last time.
> Here is another part of cruising blues:
>
> "An alternative - and better - definition of reality can be found by naming
> some of its components ...air...sunlight...wind...water...the motion of
> waves...the patterns of clouds before a coming storm. These elements,
> unlike twentieth-century office routines, have been here since before life
> appeared on this planet and they will continue long after office routines
> are gone. They are understood by everyone, not just a small segment of a
> highly advanced society. When considered on purely logical grounds, they
> are more real than the extremely transitory life-styles of the modern
> civilization the depressed ones want to return to. "
>
>
> Did ya get that ...understood by everyone?
Yes, understood as Pirsig describing the reality of the inorganic pattern
of values.
> So comments in this thread like "maybe on your planet" or "it's too much to
> comment on" are silly to me. It's like you are treating "reality" as an
> exclusive, elite viewpoint that maybe the lowly foolish will understand
> someday.
>
> My complaint about the term reality being thrown around was
> not because reality was being used in the manner of this quote or the quote
> you posted.
Well, I'm not sure what your complaint really is. Since this is a site
about the MOQ, I thought we are discussing reality as proposed by
Robert M. Pirsig. No where do I find anything to suggest Pirsig believes
that reality is whatever you like.
Platt
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