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Robert Maynard Pirsig (born September 6, 1928, Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American 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. September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ...
1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Nickname: City of Lakes Motto: En Avant Location in Hennepin County and the state of Minnesota. ...
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Life By virtue of being a precocious child with an IQ of 170 at age 9, Pirsig skipped several grades. This, along with a stammer, made for a difficult school experience. IQ redirects here; for other uses of that term, see IQ (disambiguation). ...
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In 1943, Pirsig entered the University of Minnesota to study biochemistry. In Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, he described himself as being far from a typical student. He was an idealist of a sort, interested in science as a goal in itself, rather than as a way to establish a career. Washington Avenue Bridge at night The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, almost always abbreviated U of M, and sometimes referred to as The U by locals, is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system. ...
Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes and transformations in living organisms. ...
While doing biochemical lab work, Pirsig was greatly bothered by the fact that there was always more than one workable hypothesis to explain a given phenemenon, and that the number of such hypotheses seemed almost unlimited. He could not think of any way around this, and to him it seemed that the whole scientific endeavor had been brought to a halt, in some sense. This question so distraction him that he was dismissed from the university for poor grades.
After serving with the US military in Korea, he returned to Minnesotta and was awarded the B.A. in 1950. He then attended Banaras Hindu University in India to learn about Eastern philosophy. He also did graduate work in philosophy at the University of Chicago, but did not obtain a degree. His difficult experiences as a student in a course taught by Richard McKeon are described, thinly disguised, in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Korea (Korean: í•œêµ or ì¡°ì„ , see below) is a geographic area, civilization, and former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. ...
1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is a major university located in Varanasi, India. ...
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The University of Chicago is a private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. ...
Richard McKeon (April 26, 1900 - March 31, 1985) was an American philosopher. ...
Until the publication of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Pirsig supported himself with freelance work and by teaching freshman English. An emotional and mental breakdown led him to spend part of the period 1960–63 in and out of mental institutions, where he underwent shock therapy. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values is the first of Robert M. Pirsigs texts in which he explores a Metaphysics of quality. ...
Shock therapy is the deliberate and controlled induction of some form of physiological state of shock in an individual for the purpose of psychiatric treatment. ...
Pirsig married Nancy Ann James in 1954. They had two children, Chris (1956) and Theodore (1958). Pirsig and James divorced in 1978. Later that year, he married Wendy Kimball.
In 1979, Pirsig's son Chris — who had played an important role in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance — was stabbed to death during a mugging outside the San Francisco Zen Center. Pirsig discusses this incident in an afterword to subsequent editions of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, writing that he and his second spouse Kimball decided not to abort the child she conceived in 1980, because he had come to believe that this unborn child was a continuation of the life pattern that Chris had occupied. This child is Pirsig's daughter Nell. Mugging may refer to: A type of robbery. ...
San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC) is the largest Soto Zen temple and practice place in the United States and possibly anywhere outside of Japan. ...
Pirsig avoids the public eye. He travels around the Atlantic by boat, and has resided in Norway, Sweden, Belgium, England, and in various places around the USA. The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one_fifth of its surface. ...
Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2005 est. ...
Books Pirsig's work consists almost entirely of two books. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance sets out Pirsig's interpretation and definition of "Quality" and "the Good." It is mostly a first person narrative of a motorcycle trip across North America, undertaken with some friends and his son Chris. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values is the first of Robert M. Pirsigs texts in which he explores a Metaphysics of quality. ...
Pirsig's publisher's recommendation to his Board ended with "This book is brilliant beyond belief, it is probably a work of genius, and will, I'll wager, attain classic stature." In his book review, George Steiner compared Pirsig's writing to Dostoevsky, Broch, Proust and Bergson, stating that "the assertion itself is valid... the analogies with Moby Dick are patent"[1]. The Times Literary Supplement called it "Profoundly important, Disturbing, Deeply moving, Full of insights, A wonderful book". For book reviews in academia, see Academic journal#Book reviews A book review (or book report) is a form of literary criticism in which the work is analyzed based on content, style, and merit. ...
(Francis) George Steiner, a prominent literary critic, was born in Paris, France, on April 23, 1929. ...
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Henri Bergson Henri-Louis Bergson (October 18, 1859 _ January 4, 1941) was a French philosopher, influential in France, but out of the main currents of his time. ...
Moby-Dick[1] is an 1851 novel by Herman Melville. ...
The Times Literary Supplement (or TLS) is a weekly literary review published in London by News International, a subsidiary of News Corporation. ...
In 1974 Pirsig was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to allow him to write a follow-up, Lila: An Inquiry into Morals (1991), in which he elaborates and focuses a value-based metaphysics, called Metaphysics of Quality, to replace the subject-object view of reality. Guggenheim Fellowships are awarded annually by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. ...
Lila: An Inquiry into Morals (1991) is the second book by Robert M. Pirsig, who is best known for his cult favorite, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. ...
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The metaphysics of quality (MOQ) is a theory of reality introduced in Pirsigs philosophical novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974) and expanded in Lila: An Inquiry into Morals (1991). ...
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NBA coach Phil Jackson cites Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance as one of the major guiding forces in his life. As a result, Jackson has acquired the nickname "The Zen Master"[citation needed]. The National Basketball Association of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the NBA, is the premier professional basketball league in North America. ...
Phil Jackson as a coach of the Los Angeles Lakers Philip Douglas Phil Jackson (born September 17, 1945 in Deer Lodge, Montana) is a National Basketball Association (NBA) coach and former player. ...
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values is the first of Robert M. Pirsigs texts in which he explores a Metaphysics of quality. ...
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In 2005, Dr Anthony McWatt at Liverpool University, England, organized the first conference on Robert Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality. At the same time, Liverpool awarded Pirsig the first PhD specifically concerned with the subject. The metaphysics of quality (MOQ) is a theory of reality introduced in Pirsigs philosophical novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974) and expanded in Lila: An Inquiry into Morals (1991). ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The University of Liverpool is a university in the city of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. ...
The metaphysics of quality (MOQ) is a theory of reality introduced in Pirsigs philosophical novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974) and expanded in Lila: An Inquiry into Morals (1991). ...
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Notes April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ...
1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
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