[MD] An MOQ based political system

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net>:

> >At 12:03 PM 8/25/2007, Platt wrote:
> >
> >  >Pirsig knows as well as anyone that pure
> >  >intellectual pursuits such as philosophy are made possible by those in
> >  >society who "make money."

[Marsha]
> In what sense are 'those in society who "make money".' the same as 
> (equal to) the 'Academy'?

The Academy depends on money to exist.  

> And which is it, SOME pure intellectual pursuits, such as philosophy, 
> are made possible by those in society who "make money",  or ALL pure 
> intellectual pursuits, such as philosophy, are made possible by those 
> in society who "make money"?

All intellectual pursuits depend on social patterns of which money is a 
significant part. 

> And where is the quote that, ALL or SOME, it is something RMP thinks?

"Just as a society that weakens its people's physical health endangers its own
stability, so does an intellectual pattern that weakens and destroys the health of
its social base also endanger its own stability." (Lila, 13)

Platt




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