[MD] Platt's Individual Level

[Platt Holden]

Hi Steve, 

> Honest is something we say about a person whereas truth is
> something we say about an assertion. In Platt's SOLWAQI the
> individual is not distinguished from the ideas he holds so
> there is no difference between truth and honesty, but the
> MOQ makes a clear distinction between the two.
> 
> That distinction is consistent with the distinction that
> Pirsig makes here:
> 
> "A person who holds an
> idea is a social entity, no matter what ideas he
> holds. The ideas he holds are an intellectual entity,
> no matter who holds them." Lila's Child

Pirsig defines a person (individual): 

"The MOQ divides the hominem, or "individual" into four parts: 
inorganic, biological, and intellectual." (Lila's Child) No separation 
of an individual from her ideas, just as there's not separation from 
from her biology.

In the same passage, Pirsig makes the point that anyone who calls 
someone's idea stupid (WAQI) engages in a form of evil.

Regards,
Platt






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