[MD] What does Pirsig mean by metaphysics?

[plattholden at gmail.com]

On 2 Feb 2010 at 15:44, X Acto wrote:

> Platt,
> If you take any statement as "true" then yes.
> but the conversation is about meaning
> 
> not "Truth" ..

I get your meaning, but is what you state true?

> by your logic any statement of truth is true
> 
> What you are doing is taking a particular meaning of the term
> as a logical absolute in a rhetorical manner to persuade others
> of your point of view..

Are you asserting that statement to be true?

> if all statements regarding truth are taken to be true
> 
> it makes a plurality of absolutes....a fine illustration
> of relative, contextual meaning. whether you realize it or not.

Do you believe that is also true? Seems to me you are making a lot of 
statements that you want us to believe are true. 

Isn't that the truth? Or are you asking us not to believe you?

Platt



> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "plattholden at gmail.com" <plattholden at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Tue, February 2, 2010 12:49:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [MD] What does Pirsig mean by metaphysics?
> 
> 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.