[MD] Science Wars

[Andre Broersen]

Platt to Andre:
DQ is sometimes confused with biological quality.

Hi Platt, I hope that the passage '...It is a part of man's nature and the
nature of all things which can be counted on always as a guide for life at
any time or place under all circumstances, because it alone is neither
partial nor transitory' which I took from Northrop, did not lead you to
think that I confused 'human nature' with biological quality.

Far from it. As I understand the pasage, Northrop is suggesting that we all
carry within ourselves part of the undifferentiated aesthetic continuum,(to
guide us) which Pirsig, in turn has used to suggest that we are the patterns
i.e. we are differentiated (parts of) the undifferentiated aesthetic
continuum DQ. Biological quality is only part of this.

Unless I misunderstand your reminder.

Kind regards
Andre