"Aretê implies a respect for the wholeness or oneness of life, and a consequent dislike of specialization. It implies a contempt for efficiency—or rather a much higher idea of efficiency, an efficiency which exists not in one department of life but in life itself.

— Robert M. Pirsig Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974)

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