"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 only two books and ...
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"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 only two books and consented to few interviews and almost no public appearances in later decades. Yet he wrote and thought almost continually, refining his 'Metaphysics of Quality' until his death in 2017. Now, for the first time, readers will be granted access to five decades of Pirsig s personal writings in this posthumous collection that illuminates the evolution of his thinking to an unprecedented degree. Skillfully edited and introduced by Wendy K. Pirsig, Robert s wife of four decades, the collection includes previously unpublished texts, speeches, letters, interviews, and private notes, as well as key excerpts from Zen and the Art of the Motorcycle Maintenance and his second book, Lila"
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