[MD] The Level of Art?

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net>:

Hi Marsha,

[Platt]
> >True, except the words required for Pirsig to communicate his belief, and
> >the leap of faith to accept his view that sitting on a hot stove has
> >something to do with morals.
> 
> Hi Platt,
> 
> Aahhh yes, mind is another kettle of fish. I wouldn't say it was a 
> leap of faith for me,. The value/moral/good question required a very 
> long period of difficult thinking.  I kept confusing 
> social/individual morals with Universal/Quality morals.  The question 
> about the latter was good, or amoral?  My conclusion is that 
> valuation, high or low, is always good/moral because it is equivalent 
> to existence.  And as you have written many times, it is better to 
> exist than not to exist.

Well said. For me it took a leap of faith to entertain the idea, then once
I made the leap I followed Pirsig's rationale and became convinced, too. 

Platt




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