Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance...

**V_RocKs** · 03-21-2007, 01:29 AM

Perhaps this is the female version?

**evulvmedia** · 03-21-2007, 01:38 AM

Fuck Quality. Quality Sucks.

With that said, you should think about it like this:

Zen... is an introduction, more of a story, touching upon the concepts of Metaphysics of Quality and how Pirsig came to them through his madness...

Lila takes that beginning and expands it into a more fleshed-out philosophy, almost a formal philosophy.

So: If you like where the philosophy in Zen is headed, then go ahead and read Lila. If you want a much better dose of philosophy, though, read Allan Bloom's Closing of the American Mind if you haven't already.

**evulvmedia** · 03-21-2007, 01:41 AM

You can also read this interview where Pirsig himself discusses the difference between the two books and then discusses the concepts of MOQ:

http://www.philosophersnet.com/magaz...transcript.htm

**luv$** · 03-21-2007, 10:42 AM

Originally posted by evulvmedia

Fuck Quality. Quality Sucks.

With that said, you should think about it like this:

Zen... is an introduction, more of a story, touching upon the concepts of Metaphysics of Quality and how Pirsig came to them through his madness...

Lila takes that beginning and expands it into a more fleshed-out philosophy, almost a formal philosophy.

So: If you like where the philosophy in Zen is headed, then go ahead and read Lila. If you want a much better dose of philosophy, though, read Allan Bloom's Closing of the American Mind if you haven't already.

Thanks man, and thank for the book ref, I hadn't heard of that one.

Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance...

Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance...

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