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Robert M. Pirsig was an American writer best known for his philosophical novel 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.' This work combines philosophical thinking with travel adventure, exploring the concepts of quality, value, and the meaning of life.

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“A culture that supports the dominance of social values over biological values is an absolutely superior culture to one that does not, and a culture that supports the dominance of intellectual values over social values is absolutely superior to one that does not.”

Doe Values Culture Social Support Intellectual Superiors Dominance Social Values

Book:LILA An Inquriry into Morals

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“One could almost define life as the organized disobedience of the law of gravity. One could show that the degree to which an organism disobeys this law is a measure of its degree of evolution.”

Life Shows Law Evolution Degrees Organized Gravity Organisms Disobedience

Book:LILA An Inquriry into Morals

Source: LILA An Inquriry into Morals

“That's the classical mind at work, runs fine inside but looks dingy on the surface.”

Mind Looks Running Fine Surface

Author:Robert M. Pirsig

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Born: September 6, 1928
Died: April 24, 2017
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 303

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