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Re:The Cycle from ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance... by falcolas on Saturday December 21, 2019 @10:41AM (#21851669)
A philosophy outsider’s point of view: when the main character started bringing ghosts - and their importance to his viewpoint - into the story is where it went off the rails.
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Re:The Cycle from ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance... by taurath on Saturday December 21, 2019 @04:27PM (#21853454)
That’s where I stopped last time. The book for me is more about focusing around a concept and then circling it, finding the contours and at least marking it so you know when it’s there and can identify it.
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Re:The Cycle from ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance... by sideshowb on Saturday December 21, 2019 @06:22PM (#21853931)
I thought ghosts were just a metaphor for his own surpressed memories?
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Re:The Cycle from ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance... by thrav on Sunday December 22, 2019 @03:37AM (#21855965)
Agreed. Ghosts were anything but the conventional definition in the book.
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