Great, great book !
A bit different in respect of "Zen and the art...", but with some points in common, as well....(narrative style amidst fiction and non-fiction; great reflections also in narrative style; the protagonist, Phaedrus, is the son of the protagonist of the better known "Zen and the art..." by the same author. There are a few central concepts that comes along the narrative plot, such as Quality, in particular Dynamic Quality; the concept of Moral; the hierarchic levels of Quality (biological, social, intellectual...) and so on... Some of those quite news, others already known, but read and presented under a new light. Many, many point of reflections and suggestive images of concepts... Unfortunaltely, due to time reasons, I can't write down all of those and all the great thinkings this book (and also "Zen and the art..." that this book caused to rise in my mind. I hope to soon come back to all that and possibly write down something more. Anyway, my brain has as assimilated all that and is continuously mixing and making analogies thanks to the Pirsig's book concepts.
Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lila:_An_Inquiry_into_Morals
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4612367
http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/reviews/books/0-553-29961-1.html
http://www.quantonics.com/LilaReview.html
http://www.ldb.org/pirsig.htm
http://www.thepantheist.com/content/MOQenlight.html
http://www.bartneck.de/projects/research/pirsig/resources.html
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Don't be fooled....Lila is much more important. It may not be better written, but it is THE most important book and useful resource as a guide for life. Use this as a guide:
The evolution of static patterns of value:
"laws of nature" inorganic (substance)
"laws of the jungle" biological
"the law" social
"truth" (intellectual)
Most important sections (paperback):
Chapters 2-3 pg 12-48
5, 62-66
8-9, 115-121
11-13, *The Most Important*
17, The dynamic quality of NY
20-22, Celebrity, Victorians, Intellect in Culture
24, MOQ in Society
26 and 29
Many thanks for your comment, mets69;
I do definitely agree about the importance of this book for life itself.
I find it is a tremendous concentration of wisdom and it offers matter of great reflections and reasoning.
As Mr. Pirsig has said in an interview a while back: He has not found anyone who truly understands the meaning of the book. I can quote whole sections and apply them (even if the situations have been simple). Using quality and the formulas he provides to it, is what explains and controls events and circumstances in human life. More later...
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