I tried to post this a few days ago but it never went up or got bounced....
QUALITY, DYNAMIC QUALITY AND STATIC QUALITY
This month's topic reminded me of an old post I wrote some months back. I
dug it out of the archives because I think it presents an idea that goes a
long way to improving the MoQ's status as a monism (at the very least
semantically and maybe even conceptually) and the singular "Quality" of ZMM.
I thought it might contribute something to this month's focus....
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-- "As I was thumbing through the pages of the Tao I came across a passage which begins: "The Way gives birth to them and integrity maintains them." Without going into the nature of the mysterious "them"....my MoQ sense kicked in as I read this and what I saw was: "The Way (DQ) gives birth to them and integrity (SQ) maintains them." Which lead me to the idea that the term "Integrity" is a perfect substitute (if not superior term) for "Static Quality". It has dual meanings alluding to both (a) staying power (i.e. ...the hull of the ship is maintaining its integrity, Captain.) and (b) morality (i.e. ...Martin Luther King was a man of superior integrity.)---In fact, my dictionary defines Integrity as --- Adherence to a code or standard of values. (There are other definitons but they're all related to this primary one).
I've sometimes felt that the terms "DQ" and "SQ" could give the erroneous impression that there are two "Qualities." But using the term Integrity there's no need for "Static Quality" at all... SQ becomes the INTEGRITY of Quality (in different "forms")... (i.e. Inorganic Integrity, Biological Integrity, Social Integrity, Intellectual Integrity). And there's only one thing being called Quality (which would of course be DQ... which would no longer need the D)." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The Way gives birth to them and integrity maintains them." There is one Quality... it is ultimately dynamic in nature... and preserves itself in patterns with integrity....
Sounds about right.... rick
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