[MD] Capitalism: my experience

[plattholden at gmail.com]

Hey John C,

Again you're confusing the intellectual level (a value level) with 
"thinking" -- a critical difference that has been discussed "a hundred 
times in a hundred ways" to quote one of my favorite contributors. 

Platt  




On 28 Feb 2010 at 10:14, John Carl wrote:

> Heya Platt,
> 
> On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 8:08 AM, <plattholden at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hey John,
> >
> > Maybe you got off on the wrong foot with your analysis. Bo has never
> > claimed that SOM is intellect as you imply in your first sentence. Rather,
> > SOM as created and defined by Pirsig is the value of the subject-object
> > division of reality (direct experience).
> 
> 
> 
>   That a metaphysical stance that subjects and objects comprise all reality
> is "a" intellectual value I can see.  But calling it "the" value confuses me
> because it implies intellect can only put objectivism as its highest value.
>  Which denies many of the intellectual accomplishments of non-objectivist
> societies in history and the world.
> 
> Oh.
> 
> I see.
> 
> That is Bo's stance.
> 
>  Nevermind.
> 
> John
>