Robert M. Pirsig
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Down to the nuts and bolts...art, writes Patricia Maunder. 'WE NEED a return to individual integrity, self-reliance and old-fashioned gumption," wrote Robert Pirsig in 1974's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. This seminal book is ostensibly about a... In this article: Robert Pirsig, Philosopher, IPod, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Unix, and Small business |
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Wikipedia | October 28, 2009
Lila: An Inquiry into Morals
...and also attended Ram Lila celebrations in India, the name of the female character, Lila, is accidental. "I asked Pirsig ... he said it was like 'lilaq,' and that, 'it was the unsubtlety of the lilac odour and the hardiness of the bush...
In this article: Mental breakdown, Scientific method, Fascism, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, World War I, Banaras Hindu University, Plato, and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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Wikipedia | October 28, 2009
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values is the first of Robert M. Pirsig's texts in which he explores his Metaphysics of Quality . The 1974 book describes, in first person, a 17-day motorcycle journey across the...
In this article: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Philosophy, Zen in the Art of Archery, Eugen Herrigel, National Public Radio, and Miles City, Montana
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Wikipedia | October 08, 2009
Robert M. Pirsig
...of Law, where he remained until his final retirement in 1993. Because he was a precocious child, with an I.Q. of 170 at age 9, Robert Pirsig skipped several grades and was enrolled at Blake School . In 1943, Pirsig entered the University of...
In this article: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, University of Minnesota, Psychotherapy, Blake School, and Harvard Law School
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New York Times | September 16, 2009
Happy Days: The Long and Short of It
...integration of all that life's panoply presents. - L.MichaelM Your thesis and conclusions map very closely with those of Robert Pirsig regarding morality (and value) in the relationship between our biological and social (and intellectual)...
In this article: Socrates, Robert Pirsig, Homer Simpson, Self-help, Defendant, Jelly bean, Ice cream, and Derivative
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Fast Company | August 28, 2009
Embrace Your Small Ideas for Big Impacts
It's that kind of pressure that prevented J.D. Salinger from writing a follow-on to The Catcher in the Rye. It's also why Robert Pirsig took thirty years after Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance to write his second book. And...
In this article: Paul Allen, Interval Research Corporation, James Cameron, Chaos theory, CNBC, Anxiety, Stanford University, and Jump Associates
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The Australian | August 07, 2009
The Zen and now
...for one to pump and another to drink. I'm on my own today. Those Zen riders - they're why I'm here. Robert Pirsig and his 11-year-old son, Chris, on Pirsig's old 28-horsepower, 305cc Honda Superhawk CB77, and Pirsig's friends John and...
In this article: Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Minneapolis, Kabul, Minnesota, Bald Eagle, and Best Western
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washingtonpost.com | July 25, 2009
'Shop Class as Soulcraft' Author Champions Do-It-Yourself Approach to Life
...Value of Work," a subtle play on the 1974 classic, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values." Robert M. Pirsig's book was a sprawling philosophical search into what "quality" and "the good" meant and tracked Pirsig's...
In this article: Richmond, E mail, Political philosophy, Global warming, and Monopoly Capital
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L.A. Times - Business | July 19, 2009
The Callaway Cars founder channels his need for speed into producing souped-up Corvettes
...mechanical inspiration is rooted in a philosophical outlook captured by a 1974 book, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig. The book explores the relationship between art and manufacturing and the idea of quality, or,...
In this article: Corvette, Callaway Cars, Callaway Golf Co., General Motors, Connecticut, Liberal arts, Ferrari 375, and Sports Car Club of America
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Wikipedia | May 01, 2009
Subject-object based metaphysics
...linked. Pirsig uses the notion of "quality" to re-unify the two terms using the Metaphysics of Quality. Pirsig, Robert "Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals" Pirsig, Robert "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values"
In this article: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and Lila
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New York Times | September 26, 2008
Motorhead
On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Robert M. Pirsig's "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" (1974) was the rare quest narrative in which two American males headed west in search of enlightenment and...
In this article: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, University of Chicago, San Francisco, and Montana
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Robert Maynard Pirsig (born September 6, 1928, Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American writer and philosopher, mainly known as the author of the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (1974), which has sold over four million copies around the world.
- Name At Birth:
- Robert Maynard Pirsig
- Birth Date:
- September 06, 1928
- Birthplace:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Nationality:
- American
- Spouse:
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- Wendy Kimball
- Nancy Ann James
- Occupation:
- Writer, philosopher
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