[MD] The SOM/MOQ discrepancy.

[Platt Holden]

Hi Ham,

[Ham]
> What can I say that will have any impact on you?  Your answers are 
> "responsive" to the extent that they parody the ideas of a 
> philosopher-novelist to whom you are beholden.  I know philosophy is not
> your specialty, but had hoped for some ideas or a slant of your own. 
> (Henceforth I shall be tempted to think of you as Platt Beholden ;-).
 
I plead guilty as charged. However, at least one of your ideas has had an 
impact on me -- your explanation of why Essence created a world of subjects 
and objects: From your book "Seizing the Essence," p.79:

"In Essence there is no such differentiation. Absolute sensibility is not 
something different from the absolute Self or its absolute Value. All is 
One. In other words, Essence by itself has no external perspective of its 
magnificence or potentiality. But because Essence is unappreciated in its 
Oneness, having its value perceived extrinsically perfects its sensibility. 
Thus, Essence actualizes difference as the appearance of otherness to an 
autonomous agent."

Here I see value (Quality) at the very root of your philosophy -- an 
Essence that created the world because it wanted to be appreciated and 
"perfect its sensibility." For Essence it was better to become known than 
to remain nameless. In the MOQ to which I'm beholden, betterness (DQ) is 
the fundamental creative force. 

But not being a philosophical specialist, what do I know? I live to learn. 

With deep respect, 
Platt