[MD] The Quest for Quality

[Ham Priday]

Marsha --


> I suggest you watch the movie 'Mindwalk' again, specifically listening to 
> the information presented by the physicist.  She talks about everything 
> being connected to everything, and the
> need for a NEW world-view.
>
> It sounds like you are accusing RMP of temerity for not
> acknowledging a "creator".  I accused you of arrogance
> for thinking you can define and confine things outside your
> ability to know.  The 'primary source' 'creator', and 'purpose' that you 
> insist upon are a mere conception in the minds of you and others like you.

Temerity, as defined in my dictionary, is rash or presumptive daring. 
Pirsig would have been "temerararious" had he denied a Creator.  That he 
simply dismisses it, and has nothing to offer but DQ as his primary source, 
is hardly a "daring" position for a philosopher in our nihilistic age.

The primary source and purpose that I propose is, indeed, a conception 
(hypothesis) that I have developed.  This is true of most philosophies.  I 
do not "insist upon" my definitions being accepted by others, although the 
consistent use of definitions is important in understanding the terms and 
principles of Essentialism.  By the way, none of us has access to absolute 
truth or  knowledge, nor do I claim to "know" the ineffable.  I think the MD 
participants are aware that philosophical cosmologies are theory.

I do intend to review "Mindwalk" (sorry to have mistitled it in my last 
post) as soon as I have a suitable opportunity.

Thanks, Marsha.

--Ham