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Featuring long-awaited selections from Robert M. Pirsig''s unpublished writings, from before and after Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, an original collection illuminating the central theme of Pirsig''s thought: “Quality”

“The ultimate goal in the pursuit of excellence is enlightenment. —Robert M. Pirsig, 1962

More than a decade before the release of the book that would make him famous, Robert M. Pirsig had already caught hold of the central theme that would animate Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: “Quality,” a concept loosely likened to “excellence,” “rightness,” or “fitness” that Pirsig saw as kindred to the Buddhist ideas of “dharma” or the “Tao.” As he later wrote in Zen, “Quality is the Buddha.”

Though he was revered by fans who considered him a guru, the famously private Pirsig published on

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Featuring long-awaited selections from Robert M. Pirsig''s unpublished writings, from before and after Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,... Read more

    Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
    Publication Date: 5/9/2024
    ISBN13: 9780063084650, 978-0063084650
    ISBN10: 0063084651

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

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    Featuring long-awaited selections from Robert M. Pirsig''s unpublished writings, from before and after Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, an original collection illuminating the central theme of Pirsig''s thought: “Quality”

    “The ultimate goal in the pursuit of excellence is enlightenment. —Robert M. Pirsig, 1962

    More than a decade before the release of the book that would make him famous, Robert M. Pirsig had already caught hold of the central theme that would animate Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: “Quality,” a concept loosely likened to “excellence,” “rightness,” or “fitness” that Pirsig saw as kindred to the Buddhist ideas of “dharma” or the “Tao.” As he later wrote in Zen, “Quality is the Buddha.”

    Though he was revered by fans who considered him a guru, the famously private Pirsig published on

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