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

[Ant McWatt]

Stephen H stated August 8th:

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

Ant McWatt comments:

That doesn't follow, Stephen.  Does that then mean Pirsig also supports the 
caste system in the MOQ?

Have a look at the Copleston annotations at 
http://www.robertpirsig.org/Copleston.htm for how Pirsig regards theism.  
He's absolutely anti-theistic!

Best wishes,

Anthony


>From: "Stephen Hannon" <stevehannon at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
>To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
>Subject: Re: [MD] New Model Army, Mystic(DQ) Experience,and Religion (SQ) 
>as Power
>Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 17:53:23 -0400
>
>[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


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