Philosophy and common sense tend to see quality as related either to subjective feelings or to objective facts. The subject-object in question might be The philosopher Socrates about to take poison hemlock as ordered by the court. ... For other uses, see Common sense (disambiguation). ...

• a concrete and functional (e.g. Aristotelian) value to be learnt and applied (a and b), or
• a psychic (e.g. platonic) ideal to be apprehended and represented (c).
• A third view tends to see quality not as a secondary value that something has, rather a primary truth which comprises apparent subjects and objects (d).

So the quality of something depends on the criteria being applied to it. From the neutral point of view, the quality of something is simply the inseparable sum of its essential attributes or properties and the quality of something does not determine its value (also in the economical sense). ... The word property, in philosophy, mathematics, and logic, refers to an attribute of an object; thus a red object is said to have the property of redness. ... “Value” redirects here. ... In general, the economic value of something is how much a product or service is worth to someone relative to other things (often measured in money). ...

Subjectively, something might be good because it is useful, because it is beautiful, or simply because it exists. Determining or finding quality therefore involves an understanding of use, beauty and existence - what is useful, what is beautiful and what exists. The usefulness aspect is reflected in the common usage of quality. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... In economics, utility is a measure of the relative happiness or satisfaction (gratification) gained. ... Look up beautiful in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... There is no universally accepted theory of what the word existence means. ... Look up understanding in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For the Talib Kweli album Quality (album) Quality can refer to a. ...

Robert M. Pirsig, in his book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, studies the Metaphysics of Quality, and examines the distinctions and relationship between classical and romantic quality, seeking to reconcile the two views and understand how they stand in relationship to each other. Robert Maynard Pirsig (born September 6, 1928, Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American philosopher, mainly known as the author of the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (1974), which has sold millions of copies around the world. ... Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values is the first of Robert M. Pirsigs texts in which he explores a Metaphysics of quality. ... As a theory of reality the Metaphysics of Quality (MOQ) can be aligned with two lineages. ... Classicism door in Olomouc, The Czech Republic Teatr Wielki in Warsaw Church La Madeleine in Paris Classicism, in the arts, refers generally to a high regard for classical antiquity, as setting standards for taste which the classicist seeks to emulate. ... Wanderer above the sea of fog by Caspar David Friedrich Romanticism is an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in 18th century Western Europe, during the Industrial Revolution. ...

In this context the two aspects of classical object-oriented and romantic subject-oriented quality roughly parallel aesthetic quality and functional quality. The resolution of the book points to a view of quality which relegates this subject-object dualism to a product of a non-dualistic Absolute. The Parthenons facade showing an interpretation of golden rectangles in its proportions. ...

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