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  • Philosophy and the art of reading

  • I didn't know what I was getting myself into. I had heard about the book and the many knockoffs so I decided to read it. Well I didn't realize it was a philosophy book. I learned a lot about philosophy. There is an almost interesting story mixed in as well.

    I would say only read this if ... Continue

    I didn't know what I was getting myself into. I had heard about the book and the many knockoffs so I decided to read it. Well I didn't realize it was a philosophy book. I learned a lot about philosophy. There is an almost interesting story mixed in as well.

    I would say only read this if you want to learn about quality of mind and soul.

    

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• ― flanderb said on Oct 19, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • Eye opener

  • I've read the book 3 times in the last 20 years. Every time I read it I take away something completely different that changes my view on some aspect of life.

    

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• ― Kent Barrett said on Aug 3, 2008 | Add your feedback

The modern epic that transformed a generation and continues to inspire millions -- a penetrating examination of how we live and how to live better.

A narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance becomes a personal and philosophical odyssey into fundamental questions of how to live. The narrator's relationship with his son leads to a powerful self-reckoning, the craft of motorcycle maintenance leads to an austerely beautiful process for reconciling science, religion, and humanism. Resonant with the confusions of existence, this classic is a touching and transcendent book of life.

This new edition is updated with important typographical changes, a penetrating new introduction, and a Reader's Guide that includes an interview with Pirsig and letters and documents detailing how this extraordinary book came to be.

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