[MD] MOQ Base

[Christoffer Ivarsson]

[Chris]
>> Yesterday I listened to a very interesting lecture by a philosopher that 
>> had
>> opened her own business where she did, well, practical philosophy. The 
>> book
>> "Plato - not Prozac" was referred to, and some of you here on the forum
>> might know of it.  Anyway, in short she offered to help people, with
>> philosophy, not therapy or psychology, but with classic philosophy  - to
>> structure and evaluate their life. This woman was really quite 
>> remarkable,
>> because she was perhaps the greatest Champion of rationality that I have
>> ever met, honest to the bone about it all. I just flat out loved it. Her 
>> and
>> what she represented. Because even though I had to bite my tongue every 
>> time
>> that she with a look of disgust waved away "feeling arguments" and vague
>> impressions, I could so very clearly see the Value in what she was doing 
>> and
>> what she represented.  She is in a very real way a soldier of 
>> rationality,
>> talking about, and promoting philosophy's part in society, as well as 
>> being
>> a part of that herself. She quite probably wouldn't call is such, but as 
>> I
>> see it, she is promoting that specific way of thinking that will provide 
>> a
>> base for the MOQ to stand on.  And this, people, is Quality Teaching if 
>> ever
>> I saw it!
>>
>> Now, perhaps I have painted myself as a heretic.. But I know you are all
>> wiser then that, and this has of course been debated before, but I feel 
>> that
>> it is imperative that we don't let the MOQ become anti-rational and/or
>> anti-intellectual, because this is what is NEEDED for the MOQ to come 
>> forth.
>> We all could take the ideas of mr Pirsig to heart BECAUSE we were living 
>> in
>> a s/o rational world. Perhaps we all felt that there were something 
>> missing,
>> perhaps not, - perhaps we hated it, perhaps we didn't -  but rationality 
>> we
>> knew of, no doubt.
>>
>> So. My long overdue point: See the value in the advancement of 
>> rationality,
>> because only on that base can the MOQ be built.
>>
>> Regards
>
>> Chris
>>



> Hi Chris I?m Joe,
>
> The advancement of rationality is a noble goal!  So also are the 
> advancement
> of inspired feelings, and marvelous dancing! IMO the MOQ does not abandon
> the latter in their inner developments.  Perhaps ?rationality? is a word
> that embraces all three, but ?ratio? is a relationship between two, the
> intellectual level.  What about a loving individual, an individual hitting 
> a
> home run? Value is a multifaceted jewel!
>
> Joe


Hello Joe.

Indeed it is. Everybody know so, but the MOQ confirms that it is for real. 
Ah, the MOQ is the most beautiful poem of them all. =)

Regards

Chris