[MD] A fly in the MOQ ointment

[Ian Glendinning]

Interesting Dave,
Somehow Karen Armstrong passed me by. Followed your reference to her
TED talk and the Charter for Compassion.
All links here http://www.psybertron.org/?p=3329
Regards
Ian

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 8:55 PM, David Thomas
<combinedefforts at earthlink.net> wrote:
> On 4/27/10 2:28 PM, "David Buchanan" <dmbuchanan at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> dmb says:
>>
>> The distinction Pirsig makes is a modification of the old distinction between
>> mythos and logos. Roughly, that's the difference between myth and logic. For
>> those who really want to understand what the social level is all about Pirsig
>> recommends a giant four volume set on world mythology, namely Joseph
>> Campbell's "The Masks of God". It's awesome.
>
> I'm rereading "A History of God-The 4000 year Quest of Judaism,
> Christianity, and Islam" by Karen Armstrong and would also recommend it