[MD] Philosophy as Biography

[Jan-Anders Andersson]

Hi Steve

I think RMP's statement intention was that Biography has the same time factor in it as the evolution through the 4 levels. MOQ is viewing the biography of the evolution since Big Bong. The 4 levels is a basic scheme for understanding the evolution where human history and sociology and the evolution of the human ideas about this is just a small part of the whole.

Jan-Anders

11 nov 2011 kl. 14.33 skrev moq_discuss-request at lists.moqtalk.org:

> Hi All,
> 
> The link to the Bagini interview seems to be dead. Does anyone know
> where it is still posted or have it downloaded?
> 
> Phaedrus to Lila:
> "I've just had feelings that maybe the ultimate truth about the world
> isn't history or sociology but biography."
> 
> A statement that I always found curious is RMP's one to Bagini about
> the originality of the MOQ. He said that his philosophy is unique
> because it starts with a practical question about quality in rhetoric
> or something like that. When I read that I remember thinking, Why is
> THAT important??? Why should we care about the story behind the ideas
> rather than just the ideas?
> 
> Also, while looking for the interview, I found this on Matt's blog
> which relates to the "Hero's Journe" thread:
> http://pirsigaffliction.blogspot.com/2006/03/pirsig-baggini-and-first-rule-of.html
> 
> Best,
> Steve