Kia Ora Foci,
My first message has not made it through so will try
again with a response for Magnus.
The intellectual level may be defined as the means to manage our
understanding or perception of our environment and place within it.
The biological level has reproduction as its driving force within its
environment. The social level has emotions as its driving force within its
environment. Whilst Pirsig noted that the Victorian era was exemplified
through its pursuit of the mannerisms of appropriate behaviour, Marco made
sense in identifying that emotions have underpinned the social level of
value. This is further supported when considering the tension between social
and intellectual patterns of values that has been occurring throughout the
20th century.
Management is a systematic approach towards the organisation of ideas,
values and activities. Management is the means by which stability or static
patterns of value can be developed to assist with our understanding of
reality. Hence when looking at areas that are identified with the
intellectual level, the likes of mathematics, science and philosophy all
stand out. Permeating their existence is a static pattern of reasoning in
one form or another. These are concepts of management. It is a point that
Pirsig made in ZAMM that if Quality were to be removed from society that it
is these areas that would be left.If the intellectual level is to be defined
as a management practice of our understanding and place within the
environment, then it becomes apparent why these conflicts occur.
I hope that this opens the door a little bit
Ka kite
Andrew
MOQ.org - http://www.moq.org
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