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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
Robert M. Pirsig
3.53 AVERAGE
1.62k reviews for:
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
Robert M. Pirsig
3.53 AVERAGE
challenging
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The first 150 pages of this book did not catch me in the right place. Now that I’ve finished it, I feel like it may have been purposeful, but I found the author pedantic and condescending and disconnected at the beginning. When this book really picked up for me was when he started digging into the philosophy when the trip reached Bozeman. I ended up finding the book fascinating but it was almost a “DNF.”
i had zero knowledge about this book before going in. did not know what to expect. but wtf is this?
Excellent read. Again another philosophy book that is told through narrative. Don't be freaked out by the title. It makes sense. It is not the core of the philosophy. It is much more interesting philosophy than that. In fact, it is one of the most revolutionary commentaries on Socratic Philosophy I have ever seen. He suggest that modern society might be the way it is because of Socrates (which is easy to believe) but also suggests that it might be a bad thing. That western thought is so warped by Socrates (and Plato, Aristotle) that we fail to see a more real philosophy that they fought against. It is really a great read with a interesting story line woven into it.
The manifesto of your friend’s asshole dad. Certainly made a generation of men less tolerable to be around.
I only give this 3 stars because it's been so long since I read it. But now I need to re-read it, because all I remember is the cave metaphor winding in and out... but I do remember being profoundly affected by this book. But I also had a major thing for Ben Affleck at the same time, so it should probably be taken with a grain of salt. I'll re-read and check back in.
challenging
informative
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
informative
Of course I've read it, many years ago. Still can't recall if it was there or in one of Richard Bach's stories that we encounter the Order of the Wrench ("My mind is an empty toolbox, waiting to be filled") and the webs are strangely silent on this point. But it has given me a fondness for road movies in a way that they perhaps never have and should exist, existed. And perhaps this was in its day the kind of book that certain self-important young men would lay claim to reading the way they do 'House of Leaves' these days. But who am I to disagree? I am just a cat by a runway, that's all. I don't know how popular its philosophy is either.
Beautiful, thought-provoking, engaging, layered, complex. I never re-read books, but even before finishing it the first time I was already looking forward to a rereading to see what else I can glean from this text.
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Pretty good, really well written which was why I wanted to finish it. But there’s something rlly pretentious abt having philosophy explained at you , regardless of how much the writer tries to make it not that. Also found that the transitions between philosophy talk and plot talk were both smooth and jarring at the same time ?? Like can’t explain it fully but that’s the gist.