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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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bookshelves: auto-and-biography, spirituality-philosophy, lrp-going-further, non-fiction, read-in-2011, author-north-american, 20th-century, read-in-2018
Aug 12, 2011
bookshelves: auto-and-biography, spirituality-philosophy, lrp-going-further, non-fiction, read-in-2011, author-north-american, 20th-century, read-in-2018
Read 2 times. Last read February 17, 2018 to March 11, 2018.
I have read this book at least 8 times over the years. An excellent metaphysical discussion blended with a father-son road trip. Inspired me to look into early Greek philosophy and explore my beliefs about rationality and the scientific method.
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another reread here in 2018, and as expected, the book did not disappoint. I'm not sure how it happens, but this book is kind of like a tune-up for the mind, keeping me going for another 15,000 miles 'til the next tune-up... Thanks Phaedrus!
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another reread here in 2018, and as expected, the book did not disappoint. I'm not sure how it happens, but this book is kind of like a tune-up for the mind, keeping me going for another 15,000 miles 'til the next tune-up... Thanks Phaedrus!
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Quotes Jim Liked
“The Buddha, the Godhead, resides quite as comfortably in the circuits of a digital computer or the gears of a cycle transmission as he does at the top of the mountain, or in the petals of a flower. To think otherwise is to demean the Buddha - which is to demean oneself.”
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
Reading Progress
Started Reading
July 1, 2011
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Finished Reading
August 12, 2011
– Shelved
August 17, 2011
– Shelved as:
auto-and-biography
August 17, 2011
– Shelved as:
spirituality-philosophy
September 12, 2011
– Shelved as:
lrp-going-further
September 19, 2011
– Shelved as:
non-fiction
October 14, 2011
– Shelved as:
read-in-2011
December 1, 2012
– Shelved as:
author-north-american
August 22, 2013
– Shelved as:
20th-century
February 17, 2018
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Started Reading
March 11, 2018
– Shelved as:
read-in-2018
March 11, 2018
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Finished Reading
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Oct 29, 2014 04:39AM
If I had known that this book was about Greek Philosophy I would have read it much sooner.
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Excellent description of the impact of this, one of my most favorite books, and a good reminder that I'm due for a tune-up as well. Thanks!
