[MD] Pirsig's idea of the individual

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Heather Perella <spiritualadirondack at yahoo.com>:

> Arlo, this quote below defines what individual is,
> thank you.  A fictitious convenience as Pirsig notes
> below.  Sure I say individual, he, she, etc..., and it
> is "...remembered that they're terms for collections
> of patterns and not some independent primary reality
> of their own."  Platt, why the hang-up?  What are you
> trying to hold onto so tightly?  Platt, this quote
> defines individual, and then moves on to use
> individual as a convenient fiction.  I see static
> patterns as fiction thus truth, thereby, avoiding the
> hang-up of believing static patterns are The Truth,
> don't forget about dynamic quality.
> 
> SA

Hi SA,

I  don't consider individuals such as yourself to be "fictitious conveniences."
I value you as an "independent reality" whose individuality brings much 
high quality to my experience. I can imagine the look on the faces of your
staff if you told them they were simply figments of your imagination. No. You
and they are as real as life and love and beauty and death. And that's The
Truth. :-)

Platt 


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