[MD] Margaret Thatcher?

[MarshaV]

Greetings,

Whoa...  What kind of self does the MoQ attribute to Ms. Thatcher?  Does she have an evil homunculus that behind the scenes called the shots for devastating Great Britain?  


“The word ‘I’ like the word ‘self’ is one of the trickiest words in any metaphysics. Sometimes it is an object, a human body; sometimes it is a subject, a human mind. I believe there are number of philosophic systems, notably Ayn Rand’s ‘Objectivism,’ that call the ‘I’ or ‘individual’ the central reality. Buddhists say it is an illusion. So do scientists. The MOQ says it is a collection of static patterns capable of apprehending Dynamic Quality. I think that if you identify the ‘I’ with the intellect and nothing else you are taking an unusual position that may need some defending.”       
           (RMP, 'LILA's Child', Annotation 130) 


“It’s important to remember that both science and Eastern religions regard ‘the individual’ as an empty concept. It is literally a figure of speech. If you start assigning a concrete reality to it, you will find yourself in a philosophic quandary.” 
           (RMP, 'LILA's Child', Annotation 77)



Marsha