[MD] Quality, Beauty, Truth or truth

[Platt Holden]

Hello S.A.

Beauty is eternity born into human existence.

Beauty is the eternal splendor of the One showing through the many.

Beauty alone confers happiness on all, and under its influence every being 
forgets he is limited.

Beauty provides a sense of unity which transcends, however temporarily, the 
grim paradoxes of life.

Beauty reveals the whole-making power of the universe, the harmony of disparate 
elements.

>From beauty all arises. To beauty all departs.

Platt

> Hello Everybody,
>      This is to tap into what thoughts might circulate
> with the given subject [MD] Quality, Beauty, Truth or
> truth.  Quality according to Pirsig cannot be defined,
> beauty is in the eye of the Beholder (a standard
> definition of beauty cannot be defined), a flower in
> bloom has scientific definition, but has an appeal
> that science cannot touch/define.  
> 
>       The beauty of a flower in bloom
>       The hum of the wings near the scent
>       The green and ruby red unseen in a flash
>       Hummingbird, spirit, ghost, call it what you
> will -
>                                I HEARD IT!!
> 
>      These following terms were looked up in The
> American Heritage Dictionary with paraphrasing done on
> my part:
> 
>      dialectic - getting contrasting ideas to
> cooperate and thus reveal a truth (or Truth) that rids
> their apparent contradiction.
>      rhetorical - persuasion brings
> agreement/cooperation with a prose that is
> commonplace, dry, and ordinary.
>      poetry - conveys a beauty or intensity of an
> event, experience, and/or reality.
> 
>      Are any one of these leading to the Truth or
> truth?  Could not logic have a certain beauty or
> persuasion?  Could not something beautiful have
> logical processes or persuade many to gather in its'
> name?  Could not persuasion be beautiful and compete
> with others, until those others agree?  Why even bring
> this subject up?  Why is Quality, according to Pirsig,
> so all-encompassing or have such explanatory
> power/value with sooo much else brought-up by others
> to bring our lives in accord or discord with reality? 
> I am sure I might be stearing the discussion, but I
> know there are people in MOQ that will on their own,
> discuss something as well - I welcome it.
> 
> Spiritual Adirondack