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Robert M. Pirsig, Author of ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,’ Dies at 88 The New

Robert Maynard Pirsig ( / ˈpɜːrsɪɡ /; September 6, 1928 - April 24, 2017) was an American writer and philosopher. Robert M. Pirsig Quotes (Author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance) Goodreads helps you follow your favorite authors. Be the first to learn about new releases! Start by following Robert M. Pirsig. Follow Author Robert M. Pirsig > Quotes (?) Showing 1-30 of 772 "When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. Robert M. Pirsig, whose "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," a dense and discursive novel of ideas, became an unlikely publishing phenomenon in the mid-1970s and a touchstone in the. When, in 1968, Robert Pirsig, who has died aged 88, sent a synopsis and sample of his novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance to 122 publishers, only one showed any interest, and James.

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Robert M. Pirsig, who inspired generations to road trip across America with his "novelistic autobigraphy," Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, died Monday at the age of 88. His. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values is a book by Robert M. Pirsig first published in 1974. It is a work of fictionalized autobiography and the first of Pirsig's texts in which he explores his concept of Quality. [2] The title is an apparent play on the title of the 1948 book Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel. Robert M. Pirsig More books from this author Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values Mass Market Paperback - April 25, 2006 by Robert M Pirsig (Author) 4.4 12,304 ratings See all formats and editions Book Description Editorial Reviews THE CLASSIC BOOK THAT HAS INSPIRED MILLIONS The Metaphysics of Quality ( MOQ) is a theory of reality introduced in Robert M. Pirsig 's philosophical novel, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974) and expanded in Lila: An Inquiry into Morals (1991).

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After a period of inactivity, the official website of Robert M. Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality is actve again. The ORIGINAL MOQ WEBSITE has been kept as it was, but has now moved to it's own space as an archive within the main MOQ.ORG website hierarchy. As readers, we believed Robert M. Pirsig could see the Buddha in a well-maintained carburetor. We wanted to see it, too, and we wanted to work as he did. Photograph from Alamy Every writer I. Robert M Pirsig (6 Sept 1928 - 24 Apr 2017) was most famously the author of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - an Inquiry into Values" (ZMM, 1974) - generally considered the best-selling philosophy book of all time - a best seller that still sells today. He also wrote a follow-up work "Lila - an Inquiry into Morals" (Lila, 1991) in which he elaborated his. Robert Maynard Pirsig was 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 millions of copies around the world. Combine Editions Robert M. Pirsig's books

Robert M. Pirsig, Author of ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,’ Dies at 88 The New

Robert M. Pirsig and Wendy K. Pirsig Robert M. Pirsig (1928-2017) is the author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, which has sold more than five-million copies since its publication in 1974, and Lila, a finalist for the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.He graduated from the University of Minnesota (B.A., 1950; M.A., 1958) and also attended Benares Hindu University in India, where. Robert M. Pirsig 3.78 227,679 ratings10,454 reviews Robert M. Pirsig's Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is an examination of how we live, a meditation on how to live better set around the narration of a summer motorcycle trip across America's Northwest, undertaken by a father & his young son.