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...Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, by Robert M. Pirsig...
...motorcycle-shop owner, stresses the importance of the manual trades and the cognitive challenge of working with solid things (preferably grimy, metal ones). He packs plenty of intellectual firepower into his polemic, quoting Aristotle in his own translation and sprinkling the text with erudite footnotes. Like Robert M. Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Crawford's book reveals both why we do what we do and why the way we do it is important. Craftsmanship counts: it not only shows how we value our work but also teaches us to value ourselves...
Those who do live it describe the experience in poetic and romantic terms reminiscent of Robert Pirsig's philosophical, Beat-biker book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. "You experience everything," says Mike Becar, "mist from a new rain, a meadow of flowers...
...Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert Pirsig defines the true function of a university not as the inculcator of the tools of rote learning, but as the instiller of a life-long love of and respect for knowledge. He writes, "The real university...is that great heritage of rational thought that has been brought down to us through the centuries and which does not exist at any specific location. It's a state of mind, which is regenerated throughout the centuries by a body of people....The real university is nothing less than the continuing body of reason itself...
Much to my surprise and joy, these Radcliffe-inspired investigations have enabled me to glimpse new facets of myself. These are the discoveries which Rundenstine, Gish and Pirsig have identified as the hallmark of an education. I now feel that I, too, have contributed to the Radcliffe tradition. Through meetings in the Lyman Common Room, games of tag in the Yard and celebrations under the Radcliffe tent, I have identified and found acceptance for my individuality. I am always myself at Radcliffe...