Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

An Inquiry into Values

1974 • 417 pages

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"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.

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Phaedrus

Phaedrus is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1974 with contributions by Robert M. Pirsig.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
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September 15, 2015

An amazing book which made me think a lot about a lot of things.

April 30, 2020

Strange and brilliant book - a philosophy lesson and father and son roadtrip all-in-one.

March 26, 2016