Robert Pirsig's 1974 philosophical novel — framed as a motorcycle trip — which explores the concept of Quality as a foundational metaphysical category, arguing that the split between romantic (humanistic) and classical (technical) understanding of the world is false.
Articulated Quality as something that exists prior to both subjective and objective reality — the thing that makes you recognize good work before you can define it — making it the most widely read philosophical argument for why craft and care in work matters beyond utilitarian function.
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