On Quality av Robert M Pirsig, Wendy K. Pirsig

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<p><strong>Featuring long-awaited selections from Robert M. Pirsig''s unpublished writings, from before and after <em>Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, </em>an original collection illuminating the central theme of Pirsig''s thought: “Quality”</strong></p><p><em>“The ultimate goal in the pursuit of excellence is enlightenment." —Robert M. Pirsig, 1962</em></p><p>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 <em>Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance</em>: “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.”</p><p>Though he was revered by fans who considered him a guru, the famously private Pirsig published o