[MD] Thus spoke Lila

[Horse]

Sorry - Box B should have been labelled Intellect.

On 11/12/2010 17:44, Horse wrote:
> Hi Platt
>
> On 08/12/2010 14:16, Platt Holden wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Horse<horse at darkstar.uk.net>  wrote:
>>> But the MoQ isn't the Intellectual level. Nor is SOM. So the 
>>> Intellectual level can contain both.
>>>
>> Platt
>> The conclusion is contained in the premise, begging the question.
>
> Look at it this way. Quality has Dynamic Quality and Static Quality.
> Static Quality has Intellectual, Social, Biological and Inorganic 
> patterns of Quality.
> Intellectual patterns of Quality can be named. They include SOM and MoQ.
> No question begging and the premise is not contained in the conclusion.
> Its a simple progression.
> Box A (Quality) contains everything because it is everything.
> Box B - within Box A - contains Box C (MoQ), Box D (SOM) etc.
> Or if you want - as Pirsig suggests - Box C (MoQ) contains Box D (SOM).
> Personally I prefer the former, but either way the encapsulation does 
> not contain any paradoxes,question begging etc.
>
> Horse
>

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