1. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
... romantic lines of thought. Pirsig describes physical and meta-physical aspects of life, and it portrays how they are interconnected. Pirsig attempts to display the effects of his thoughts on ordinary life. Pirsig's describes quality as being based on the individual mind, whether it thinks in the classical or romantic way. The physical journeys between Minnesota and Montana allowed the development ... divides romanticism and the post-metaphysical classical thought with a theoretically unbreakable wall. Pirsig describes the romantic or "unexplored" life as vulnerable and somehow incomplet...
- Word Count: 554
- Approx Pages: 2
- Grade Level: Undergraduate