Last night I completed ZMM and I was speechless. I was reading this book from past 20 days and the journey was amazing.
This book is one of the classics of philosophy. I would rather say, it's more than that. Author - Robert M Prisig, boards you on his breathtaking trip, he took in 1968, around middle-east America. He travels from Minnesota to California via Bozeman and Idaha. And then retreats to Minnesota. He is accompanied by his son Chris and friends Sylvia and John. His friends continue only up to Bozeman where, after taking a farewell from them, he and Chris go for mountain climbing. Later they ride to California to enjoy the beauty of Ocean,
Along with this ride, Robert takes a deep dive into philosophy, science and civilization. Robert discusses the past of an unknown character, Phaerdus, and beautifully explores his journey of life which took him (Phaedrus) from science graduation to a war, to India and then back to Bozeman as Professor and lastly to University of Chicago as a PHD student. The journey touches learning, reasoning, human rationale and cognition. He illustrates his ideas with the help of acts and tasks done while maintaining his motorcycle. He visits Aristotle, Plato, Socrates and Sophists. Phaedrus is possessed by his idea of 'Quality' which he finds analogous to hindu dharma and to Greek Civilization's excellence. That how he later finds peace is a wordless experience to be experienced.
If you sometimes have nagging questions in your mind, for which there is no solution, if you enjoy reasoning, if you want to experience the real Quality, then you should definitely aboard this journey...
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