Platt Holden (pholden@worldnet.att.net)
Mon, 19 Jan 1998 05:47:46 +0100
Hi Diana:
Thanks for taking the time to explain why you excluded "Truth" from the
principles. You rationale is impeccable. Nevertheless, you came up with
what IMO is a high quality principle:
"Truth is an intellectual value pattern. There is no single truth, only
high quality and low quality truths."
I vote to include it in the principles on the ground that it makes a more
complete "painting" of the MoQ, a painting I would like better than one
without it. Although I could present reasons and evidence that might
convince you that a truth principle belongs, I doubt if I could persuade
you it's essential. (Generally I leave essentiality up to whatever Dynamic
Quality informs me at the moment. My capacity to be "stunned" varies from
day to day;-)
I sense the time is approaching when the Squad will have to accept your
judgment on these and other issues, a judgment I enormously respect. The
formula for failure is to try to please everybody. I doubt if everyone will
be completely satisfied with the principles we finally settle on. But to
settle on even three or four that most accept is a huge step forward for
the Squad. We' re indebted to you.
Best,
Platt
Catch 27. We try to make a distinction between reality and ideology, but
any definition of reality is an ideology.
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