Word: pirsig
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...real University is not a material object. It is not a group of buildings that can be defended by the police. The real University is nothing less than the continuing body of reason itself. --Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance...
...novels, however, "One Hundred Years of Solitude," by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," by Robert Pirsig, both published two years ago, appear to have stood the test of time...
Such pleasures are romantic, visceral, even spiritual; they need not be labeled existential. By so doing, the author forces a comparison with Robert M. Pirsig's bestseller Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, a volume far richer, more vital and, ultimately, more interesting. Florman's book is weakened by its argumentative tone. Still, it is clear, erudite and occasionally eloquent, valuable reading for engineers given to self-scrutiny and a stimulating one for the layman interested in the ancient schism between machines and men's souls...
...MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE by Robert M. Pirsig. A haunting memoir by a father who has recovered from a breakdown and tries to protect his young son from the man he once...
...Motorcycle Maintenance, Pirsig...