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

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Harper Collins, Apr 25, 2006 - Psychology - 560 pages

One of the most important and influential books written in 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 breathtaking meditation on how to live better. Here is the book that transformed a generation: an unforgettable narration of a summer motorcycle trip across America's Northwest, undertaken by a father and his young son. A story of love and fear -- of growth, discovery, and acceptance -- that becomes a profound personal and philosophical odyssey into life's fundamental questions, this uniquely exhilarating modern classic is both touching and transcendent, resonant with the myriad confusions of existence . . . and the small, essential triumphs that propel us forward.

 

Contents

Section 1
3
Section 2
23
Section 3
35
Section 4
47
Section 5
60
Section 6
80
Section 7
94
Section 8
115
Section 18
269
Section 19
288
Section 20
307
Section 21
325
Section 22
331
Section 23
349
Section 24
351
Section 25
371

Section 9
128
Section 10
136
Section 11
145
Section 12
169
Section 13
181
Section 14
192
Section 15
218
Section 16
235
Section 17
255
Section 26
385
Section 27
423
Section 28
426
Section 29
455
Section 30
492
Section 31
515
Section 32
527
Section 33
532
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About the author (2006)

Robert M. Pirsig was born in 1928 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He studied chemistry and philosophy (B.A., 1950) and journalism (M.A., 1958) at the University of Minnesota, pursued graduate work in philosophy at the University of Chicago, and attended Benares Hindu University in India, where he studied Oriental philosophy. He is also the author of a sequel to this book, Lila.

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