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• Society: Philosophy  (6,610)
• Society: Religion and Spirituality: Buddhism: Lineages: Zen  (988)

MOQ.org -  .

- Forum for discussion and study of the Metaphysics of Quality as proposed by Robert M Pirsig in his books Lila: An Inquiry into Morals and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance -  .

- The whole book. Online. "What follows is based on actual occurrences. Although much has been changed for rhetorical purposes, it must be regarded in its essence as fact. However, it should in no way be associated with that great body of factual information relating to orthodox Zen Buddhist practice. It's not very factual on motorcycles, either."

Anthony McWatt's Pirsig/MoQ Website - - A site run by a post-graduate at the University of Liverpool's Department of Philosophy. Includes annotations and commentary by Pirsig himself along with photos and other related analyses.

Perceptions of Quality - - Further explorations of Robert M. Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality.

The Quality Event - - A treatise on the Metaphysics of Quality.

Richard McKeon -- the Model for the "Chairman" in Z&AMM - - The academic bully immortalized in ZMM, in which the Chairman, a character reputedly based on McKeon, browbeats students "with a gleam in his eye" while graduating "only carbon copies of himself..

Robert Pirsig - - Links to articles.

Robert Pirsig 1974 Book Publicity Photo - - With his motorcycle.

What did Pirsig Ride? - - Honda CB77: Superhawk 30.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - - HTML version of the book.