[MD] New Model Army, Mystic(DQ) Experience, and Religion (SQ) as Power

[Stephen Hannon]

[Steve H]

>From LILA pages 434-437:

"The Proto-Indo-European root of arete was the morpheme rt.  There
beside arete was a treasure room of other derived "rt" words:
arithmetic, aristocrat, art, rhetoric, worth, rite, ritual, wright,
right (handed), right (correct)...

(paraphrase)
...When the morpheme appeared in aristocrat and arithemtic the
reference was to "firstness."
art, wright               "created," "of beauty"
ritual                      "repetitive order"
right                       "moral and esthetic corectness"
.:rt =  "The first, created, beautiful repetitive order of moral and
esthetic corectness."

page 436:
"But all the gods were conceived as "guardians of rta," willing the
right and making sure it was carried out."

page 437:
"The physical order of the universe is also the moral order of the
universe.  Rta is both.  This was exactly what the Metaphysics of
Quality was claiming.  It was not a new idea.  It was the oldest idea
known to man."

I don't see Pirsig as being anti-theistic is he equates his idea to
ancient Hindu doctrine.

That's all for now,
Steve H