[MD] Social Imposition ?

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[Arlo to Platt]> Differentiate for me the "collective consciousness" from "mind".

[Arlo subsequently]> Pirsig wrote "the huge body of common knowledge that unites our minds as cells> are united in the body of man." Arlo,Hasn't Pirsig expressed the difference you seek?  Minds are to collectiveconsciousness (= the huge body of common knowledge) as cells are to the body.Craig