Review of 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
the best education in philosophy ive ever read. the story got progressively darker as insanity approached.
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Published Aug. 13, 2014 by Vintage Digital.
Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance
4 stars
(177 reviews)
"The real cycle you're working on is a cycle called 'yourself.'"One of the most important and influential books of the past half-century, Robert M. Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a powerful, moving, and penetrating examination of how we live and a meditation on how to live better. The narrative of a father on a summer motorcycle trip across America's Northwest with his young son, it becomes a profound personal and philosophical odyssey into life's fundamental questions. A true modern classic, it remains at once touching and transcendent, resonant with the myriad confusions of existence and the small, essential triumphs that propel us forward.
Review of 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Eh. Philosophy doesn't particularly interest me. Nor do aesthetics or art. And I love the rational. As such, empathizing with Pirsig's mission was difficult. But what I found most problematic was not the theory that everything emerges from quality, that the rational and the aesthetic could be merged through quality, and that dialectics muck everything up, but that all this must be done on an individual level. Pirsig's proposal was something along the lines of a metaphysical version of urging everyone to change to energy-efficient light bulbs to stop global warning. And in the same manner, it won't work. To cure the world of its woes and give humans more fulfilling lives, which is what Pirsig says is his aim, you have to organize and mobilize and not make individually-directed entreaties.
Review of 'Zen und Kunst ein Motorrad zu warten.' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Bestimmt schon viermal gelesen und immer wieder etwas Neues entdeckt.
