Re: MF New Program: Metaphors and the MOQ

From: Marco (marble@infinito.it)
Date: Mon Sep 25 2000 - 22:01:49 BST


3WD and all,

> "The reason there is a difference between individual evaluations of
> quality is that although Dynamic Quality is constant, these static
> patterns are different for everyone because each person has a different
> static pattern of life history. Both the Dynamic Quality and the static
> patterns influence his final judgement. That is why their is some
> uniformity among individual value judgements but not complete
> uniformity." SODV pp 12-13
>
> The key word here is "constant". What does he mean? James' "continous
> flux" and Pirsig's " stream of quality events going on for ever and
> ever" seem similar enough call them both "Dynamic Quality". So
> "constant" might best be translated as an "on going", " continous flux",
> of events as opposed to "constant" equaling "absolute" or "unchanging"
> or more importantly "unchangable."
> Does the MoQ posit you or I can influence or change dynamic events?
> It's just not clear.
>

Metaphorically speaking....

I imagine DQ like the horizon. While I'm moving towards the horizon, it
is "on going" and its shape is changing, but it's also constantly far,
wide, unreachable.

Ciao.
Marco.

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