Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals
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Phaedrus is sailing down the Hudson River when he meets Lila Blewitt. He is drawn to her physically and interested in her intellectually. Lila prompts Phaedrus to explore conflicts of values, and finally, he formulates his Metaphysics of Quality, which offer a system of understanding actions according to a hierarchy of four evolutionary realms.
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2 primary books#2 in Phaedrus
Phaedrus is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 1974 with contributions by Robert M. Pirsig.
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This is my 4th time through this book. Come to think of it I don't think I've ever read another book this many times. I always get something new out of this book. It's definitely a cerebral kind of read but Pirsig makes philosophy pretty accessible. His Metaphysics of Quality is a massive step beyond the primitive Cartesian subject-object philosophies that still somehow manages to dominant our unconscious assumptions of the experience of life. Not as popular as Zen & the art of motorcycle maintenance but a much more satisfying book in terms of its exposition of his philosophy.
