Objects & Places from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Robert M. Pirsig
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 216 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Objects & Places from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Robert M. Pirsig
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 216 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Motorcycle - This object was used to frame many of the Narrator's spiritual and philosophical discussions.

Screws - These objects represent the details of life that require caring attentiveness and are used by the Narrator to illustrate his ideas.

The Wall Across the Misty Harbor in Korea - This object is representative of a Quality technological product stemming from the peace of mind of its creators.

The Beer Can Shim - This object was used by the Narrator and John Sutherland to represent the beauty of underlying form as opposed to surface ugliness.

Mountains - These objects represent the world of rarefied ideas and intense experience: beautiful, but inherently dangerous.

Valleys - These objects represent everyday environments through which spiritual understanding can be developed through caring attentiveness to right living.

Precision Tools - These objects represent the particular habits of mind that result in apprehending and...

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