Robert M. Pirsig vs. Bertrand Russell
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Robert M. Pirsig
1928 – 2017
Literature
United States
Robert Maynard Pirsig was an American writer and philosopher. He is the author of the philosophical books Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (1974) and Lila: An Inquiry into Morals (1991), and he co-authored On Quality: An Inquiry Into Excellence: Selected and Unpublished Writings (2022) along with his wife and editor, Wendy Pirsig.
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"A culture-bearing book, like a mule, bears the culture on its back. No one should sit down to write one deliberately. Culture-bearing books occur almost acciden…"
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Bertrand Russell
1872 – 1970
Philosophy
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Analytic philosophy
British philosopher, logician, and social critic.
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"To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3-parts dead."
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Connections
Bertrand Russell was influenced by Robert M. Pirsig
Shared era: 1928 – 1970
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