and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance?
2007-06-12 07:16:50 · 3 answers · asked by Habt our quell 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
The truth I discovered is, it's fiction! I thought it was a true story...
2007-06-12 07:19:52 · answer #1 · answered by aspicco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really liked that book a lot, I read it 3x. Although I couldn't finish it the 1st time, then I took some philo/religion classes in college and it was one of my favorite books.
I learned about self-reliance (motorcycle maintenance) and about the intellectual journey one can take in trying to really define an abstract word. I often see things in my daily life that remind me of that book. I discovered that nihilism fits in very neatly with the word "quality" as well, which I'm still pondering.
2007-06-12 07:32:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The book shows us many things. It tells us that two people can converse on two levels - what they say, and what they REALLY say; and what they mean and what they REALLY mean. I found an acceptable alternative to the Schrodinger's Cat theory -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger's_cat
and have spent many hours contemplating it.
I thinks it's fair to say that Pirsig influenced many beyond his own generation.
2007-06-13 12:06:26 · answer #3 · answered by sweet_echo_fan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋