Hi Ant and All, I have no idea what "essential" means in this context. If good exists how is it differentiated by "essential nature"? Is "essential nature" not good? Joe On 5/11/12 10:24 AM, "Ant McWatt" <antmcwatt at hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > Well, I agree with Pirsig in that the Good¹s essential nature > can only be experienced non-verbally.