memoir + philosophy

4 books tagged both “memoir” and “philosophy”.

Robert M. Pirsig · 1974

Father and son ride west while lectures on Quality and past madness intrude.

2,180-word summary · 10 min read

Matthew McConaughey · 2020

McConaughey shares outlaw stories and greenlight catching from Texas to Hollywood.

2,577-word summary · 11 min read

Viktor E. Frankl · 1946

Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl survived Auschwitz and argued that humans can endure anything by finding meaning in it.

2,012-word summary · 9 min read

Paul Kalanithi · 2016

A neurosurgeon facing terminal cancer asks what makes life meaningful when time runs out.

2,060-word summary · 9 min read