[MD] What does Pirsig mean by metaphysics?

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On 2 Feb 2010 at 12:18, Arlo Bensinger wrote:

> And this is why Pirsig 
> acknowledges that had Socrates NOT said "all this 
> is just an analogy", "he wouldn't have been telling the "Truth."" (ZMM).

Accordingly, "All this is just an analogy" is an absolute truth proclaiming 
its own universality. Once admitted as "Truth" (with a capital "T") the 
entire edifice of relativity is overthrown.