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A comment on Ask HN: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

Re:Ask HN: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by hugh3 on Sunday August 07, 2011 @11:55AM (#2856865)
ZAMM is a terrible introduction to philosophy. Fun story, bullshit philosophy. I'm not actually sure whether the author believes this "metaphysics of quality" stuff or whether he's just putting it into the mouth of the character.

If you want to learn about philosophy, start with Russell:

http://www.amazon.com/History-Western-Philosophy-Bertrand-Ru...

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Re:Ask HN: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by mmccomb on Sunday August 07, 2011 @12:15PM (#2856930)
Would you recommend avoiding ZAMM altogether for now?

Thanks for the link, it'd be rude not to buy a used copy at that price!

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Re:Ask HN: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by hugh3 on Sunday August 07, 2011 @12:20PM (#2856945)
Read ZAMM if you like, but just treat it as a novel rather than as a serious work of philosophy.
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