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I would love to see an average (I’m emphasizing the average part, for every notion there is an outlier) read, digest, and understand The Glass Bead Game. Several of his books (Damien, Beneath the Wheel, The Steppenwolf) are great for younger readers in the same way Catcher in the Rye is great because kids love to bitch about their angst.
4 days ago · - Herman Hesse, The Glass Bead Game (1943) I am currently reading The Glass Bead Game and I think this quote perfectly sums up the art of knitting. It requires techniques, mathematics, and understanding construction, but also art and imagination.
3 days ago · German was the original language of Hermann Hesse's major works. Hesse, a German-Swiss writer, wrote primarily in German throughout his career. His most famous works, including "Siddhartha," "Steppenwolf," and "The Glass Bead Game," were all originally written in German and have been translated into numerous other languages.
5 days ago · Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), Magister Ludi: The Glass Bead Game, tr. Clara and Richard Winston (1969; rpt. New York: Bantam Books, 1978), p. 151 (Father Jacobus speaking): Studying history, my friend, is no joke and no irresponsible game.
5 days ago · As a whole, this is an extension of what Leibniz pursued under the name of characteristica universalis, a neighbor of what Hermann Hesse described in his Glass Bead Game, and a metarevolutionary solution to our meaning crisis.
4 days ago · Hermann Hesse: Das Glasperlenspiel (The Glass Bead Game) Fretz & Wasmuth: C. S. Lewis: Perelandra: John Lane, The Bodley Head: A. E. van Vogt: The Weapon Makers: Astounding Science-Fiction: 1945 2020 Leigh Brackett * "Shadow Over Mars" (The Nemesis from Terra) Startling Stories: Robert Graves: The Golden Fleece: Cassell: Edgar Rice Burroughs ...
2 days ago · As to my aesthetics, I envision the mission of creating civilization as a game played by figures which represent conserving and revolutionary forces, as James Joyce and T.S. Eliot may serve as paragons of their sides of the board and reflect each other as partners in the great game of reimagining humankind, a result of the early influence of ...
