关于质量：对卓越的探究：未出版和精选作品

从罗伯特·M·皮尔西格（Robert M.Pirsig）未出版的作品、禅宗前后的作品和摩托车维修艺术中挑选了期待已久的作品，这是一个原创系列，阐明了皮尔西格思想的中心主题：“质量”
“追求卓越的最终目标是启蒙。”-罗伯特·M·皮尔西格，1962年
在这本让他成名的书出版十多年前，罗伯特·M·皮尔西格已经抓住了一个中心主题，这个主题将为禅宗和摩托车维修艺术注入活力：“质量”，这是一个与“卓越”、“正确”或“健康”大致相似的概念，皮尔西格认为它与佛教的“法”或“道”思想有着相似之处正如他后来在禅宗中所写，“质量就是佛。”
尽管他受到了粉丝们的尊敬，他们认为他是一位大师，但以私密闻名的皮尔西格只出版了两本书，并且在后来的几十年里几乎没有公开露面，很少接受采访。然而他写下并思考。。。
On Quality: An Inquiry into Excellence: Unpublished and Selected Writings
Featuring long-awaited selections from Robert M. Pirsig’s unpublished writings, from before and after Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, an original collection illuminating the central theme of Pirsig’s thought: “Quality”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 only two books and consented to few interviews and almost no public appearances in later decades. Yet he wrote and thought…

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