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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (Paperback)
by Robert M. Pirsig (Author) "I can see by my watch, without taking my hand from the leftgrip of the cycle, that it is eight-thirty in the morning..." (more)
Key Phrases: gumption trap, value rigidity, formal scientific method, Church of Reason, University of Chicago, Robert Pirsig (more...)
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Arguably one of the most profoundly important essays ever written on the nature and significance of "quality" and definitely a necessary anodyne to the consequences of a modern world pathologically obsessed with quantity. Although set as a story of a cross-country trip on a motorcycle by a father and son, it is more nearly a journey through 2,000 years of Western philosophy. For some people, this has been a truly life-changing book. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

George Steiner, The New Yorker
It lodges in the mind as few recent novels have...The book is inspired, original...the narrative tact, the perfect economy of effect defy criticism. The analogies with Moby Dick are patent. Robert Pirsig invites the prodigious comparison. What more can one say? --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

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Product Details
  • Paperback: 464 pages
  • Publisher: Harper Perennial (October 1, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060958324
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060958329
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars 514 customer reviews (514 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #288,224 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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I can see by my watch, without taking my hand from the leftgrip of the cycle, that it is eight-thirty in the morning. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gumption trap, value rigidity, formal scientific method, motorcycle maintenance, value traps, romantic understanding, traditional scientific method, classic quality, innocent student, underlying form, romantic quality, substantive field
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Church of Reason, University of Chicago, Robert Pirsig, Immortal Principle, Navy Pier, Great Books, Isaac Newton, Miles City, Plato's Good, San Francisco, South Dakota, Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition, Absolute Mind, Big Mistake, Dialogues of Plato, Immortal Truth, Klamath Lake, United States, West Coast
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