{"id":2305,"date":"2015-11-17T17:45:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T17:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/repeatright.com\/engine\/?p=2305"},"modified":"2018-10-06T16:21:19","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T16:21:19","slug":"pirsig-robert-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/pirsig-robert-m\/","title":{"rendered":"PIRSIG, Robert M."},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cIf you get careless or go romanticizing scientific information, giving it a flourish here and there, Nature will soon make a complete fool out of you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Robert Pirsig<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance<\/em> (1974) Toronto, Ontario: Bantam Books, 32nd printing, November 1985, p. 94<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf635381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [\u201cNovelistic autobiography\u201d]\n

\u201cThe real purpose of scientific method is to make sure Nature hasn\u2019t misled you into thinking you know something you don\u2019t actually know. There\u2019s not a mechanic or scientist or technician alive who hasn\u2019t suffered from that one so much that he\u2019s not instinctively on guard. That\u2019s the main reason why so much scientific and mechanical information sounds so dull and so cautious. If you get careless or go romanticizing scientific information, giving it a flourish here and there, Nature will soon make a complete fool out of you<\/span>.\u201d (p. 94)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ISBN” tab_id=”1449531589797-29580b31-8c50094f-cf635381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source<\/em><\/span><\/strong>: Library \u2013 Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance<\/em> (1974|November 1985 Bantam Book edition) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-553-25748-X<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbc5381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cSanity is not truth. Sanity is conformity to what is socially expected. Truth is sometimes conformity, sometimes not.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Robert Pirsig<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n

Lila: An Inquiry into Morals<\/em> (1991) New York, NY: Bantam Books, December 1992 edition, p. 384<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315829475-7c82a017-1e625381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Fictional, philosophical novel; ellipsis is Repeat Right for text edit for brevity.]\n

\u201cInsanity as an absence of common characteristics is also demonstrated by the Rorschach ink-blot test for schizophrenia. […] The person who responds with the most elaborate lie gets the highest score for sanity. The person who tells the absolute truth does not. Sanity is not truth. Sanity is conformity to what is socially expected. Truth is sometimes conformity, sometimes not<\/span>.\u201d (p. 384)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ISBN” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c5381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source<\/span><\/strong><\/em>: Library – Lila: An Inquiry into Morals<\/em> (1991|Dec. 1992 Bantam edition) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-553-29961-1<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cTo live only for some future goal is shallow. It\u2019s the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Robert Pirsig<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance<\/em> (1974) Toronto, Ontario: Bantam Books, 32nd printing, November 1985, p. 183<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [\u201cNovelistic autobiography\u201d]\n

\u201cYou climb the mountain in an equilibrium between restlessness and exhaustion. Then, when you\u2019re no longer thinking ahead, each footstep isn\u2019t just a means to an end but a unique event in itself. This <\/em>leaf has jagged edges. This<\/em> rock looks loose. From this<\/em> place the snow is less visible, even though closer. These are things you should notice anyway. To live only for some future goal is shallow. It\u2019s the sides of the mountain which sustain life, not the top. Here\u2019s where things grow<\/span>.” (p. 183)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ISBN” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library \u2013 Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance<\/em> (1974|November 1985 Bantam Book edition) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-553-25748-X<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cWe keep passing unseen through little moments of other people\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Robert Pirsig<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance<\/em> (1974) Toronto, Ontario: Bantam Books, 32nd printing, November 1985, p. 259<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [“Novelistic autobiography” – Describing a scene inside of a Grangeville, Idaho diner]\n

\u201cWhile we wait for chocolate malted I notice a high-schooler sitting at the counter exchanging looks with the girl next to him. She\u2019s gorgeous, and I\u2019m not the only other one who notices it. The girl behind the counter waiting on them is also watching with an anger she thinks no one else sees. Some kind of triangle. We keep passing unseen through little moments of other people\u2019s lives<\/span>.\u201d (p. 259)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ISBN” tab_id=”1449531589797-29580b31-8c50094f-cf635381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source<\/em><\/span><\/strong>: Library \u2013 Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance<\/em> (1974|November 1985 Bantam Book edition) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-553-25748-X<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cWhen people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kinds of dogmas or goals, it\u2019s always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Robert Pirsig<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance<\/em> (1974) Toronto, Ontario: Bantam Books, 32nd printing, November 1985, p. 134<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [\u201cNovelistic autobiography\u201d]\n

\u201cYou are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know<\/em> it\u2019s going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kinds of dogmas or goals, it\u2019s always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt<\/span>.\u201d (p. 134)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ISBN” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library \u2013 Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance<\/em> (1974|November 1985 Bantam Book edition) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-553-25748-X<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cW<\/strong>hen you look directly at an insane man all you see is a reflection of your own knowledge that he\u2019s insane, which is not to see him at all.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Robert Pirsig<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance<\/em> (1974) Toronto, Ontario: Bantam Books, 32nd printing, November 1985, p. 71<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [“Novelistic autobiography”]\n

\u201cHe was insane. And when you look directly at an insane man all you see is a reflection of your own knowledge that he\u2019s insane, which is not to see him at all.<\/span> To see him you must see what he saw and when you are trying to see the vision of an insane man, an oblique route is the only way to come at it. Otherwise your own opinions block the way\u201d (p. 71)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ISBN” tab_id=”1449531589797-29580b31-8c50094f-cf635381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library \u2013 Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance<\/em> (1974|November 1985 Bantam Book edition) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-553-25748-X<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”none” el_class=”Wrapper-Author-Resources”]Learn more about Robert Pirsig <\/strong><\/span>| Here are a few good places to find out more –<\/p>\n