Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig What does the American landscape look like from atop a motorcycle? And where would you go, and what would you think about, if you were going to take a cross-country motorcycle trip?  This classic, extremely popular philosophy book/novel attempts to answer these questions by following an ex-professor known only as "Phaedrus" and his son on their motorcycle voyage across the country. While the title suggests Eastern philosophy, it is really an exercise in rigorous, Western logic. If you pose the question, "What is Quality?" and try to answer it systematically, rationally, logically, what answer do you arrive at? This is the riddle Pirsig tries to answer as he weaves an intricate tale of one man's struggle to glue his life back together. This is a great book for people just beginning to search for answers, but it's equally valuable to veterans who need to sharpen their thinking skills.
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