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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
On a motorcycle journey from Minnesota to the West Coast, the tale of the trip is woven with "Chautauquas" by the author involving the concept of Quality. As a professor, the search for understanding had led the author to insanity. Now, post shock therapy, the author has a different personality, and is essentially a different person trying to understand his past life. He makes the case that the Greeks (Sophists vs. Plato/Socrates) did not distinguish between "Quality" and "Truth." This split is now the source of overall dissatisfaction with modern life. Rejected by over 100 publishers, this book has sold over 5 million copies. Sometime this year, I'll read "Guidebook to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance."
While I loved the storyline and the correlations between maintenance and life, the philosophical portions grew dull as the book went on. I'm sure I will need to read this again in the future...
One of the few books that I make people read. I buy extra copies when I find them and pass it on. Great book!
A lot more haters for this book than I expected. I'm no literary critic, but I hold this one in high regard.
I understand people's frustrations with this book, but I still feel it has so much to offer. I am not a philosophy student and in fact consider myself somewhat ignorant on that topic, so maybe it's no surprise that I'm more impressed than some. I took this book to be a helpful guide to how to apply practical thoughtfulness to your everyday life and improve your interaction with the world outside your own consciousness. Just don't take his superior tone personally.
Inane & boring. I had to force myself to finish this book.
This book inspires me to take a trip across the country on my motorcycle. Excellent book!
Very much enjoyed it. One of those books you have to read again I think.
Really struggled with this book and sort of hated it. Then in the last 3rd I started enjoying it more. At this point im not sure how to feel about it