[MD] MOQ, Beginings and Future: A Tribute

[Platt Holden]

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 2:36 AM, markhsmit <markhsmit at aol.com> wrote:


> ZMM came in somewhere between The Journey to Ixlan and
> the Tao of Physics, a personal odyssey resulting in a spiritual
> experience.  Becoming one with Technology.  When Pirsig had
> his Taoist insight, he subsequently tied it (in Lila) to the 19th
> century philosophy of Evolution (yes, it is a philosophy);
>  and why not, everything else was being explained
>  with the philosophy of evolution, from psychology to
>  social behavior to the creation of the universe.  MOQ
> was enclosed into cage of logic.  Now, MOQ is being
> brought into the ivory towers where it will become another
> jewel on displayin the museum of philosophy.
> We all know that to define Quality is to diminish it.
>

Well said. And needed saying. Wordsworth expressed a similar
weakening of meaning when logic interferes:

"Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things
We murder to dissect."

Regards,
Platt