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Robert Maynard Pirsig (/ ˈ p ɜːr s ɪ ɡ /; September 6, 1928 – April 24, 2017) was an American writer and philosopher.He is the author of the philosophical books Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (1974) and Lila: An Inquiry into Morals (1991), and he co-authored On Quality: An Inquiry Into Excellence: Selected and Unpublished Writings (2022) along with his ...
Lila: An Inquiry into Morals (1991) is the second philosophical novel by Robert M. Pirsig, who is best known for Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Lila: An Inquiry into Morals was a nominated finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992. [1]
Works by Robert M. Pirsig (2 P) Pages in category "Robert M. Pirsig" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
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 discusses 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 ...
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Pirsig argues that the MOQ is a better lens through which to view reality than the subjective/objective mindset that Pirsig attributes to Aristotle. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance references the Sanskrit doctrine of Tat Tvam Asi ("Thou art that"), which asserts an existential monism as opposed to the subject–object dualism.
Pirsig is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Detlef Pirsig (1945–2019), German football player; Maynard Pirsig (1902–1997), American legal scholar and academic; Robert M. Pirsig (1928–2017), Maynard's son, American writer and philosopher, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Pages in category "Works by Robert M. Pirsig" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. L.