Risultati di "Hermann Hesse" in Tutte le categorie

Siddhartha, figlio di un bramino, lascia la casa paterna accompagnato dall'amico Govinda, alla ricerca della verità assoluta, di una saggezza che si accordi totalmente con la vita umana. Dopo un lungo pellegrinare incontra Gotama detto il Buddha, l'Illuminato, colui che potrà essere il suo intermediario verso la saggezza. Siddhartha vorrebbe che gli insegnasse tutto, ma il Buddha non ha dottrine da diffondere: inviterà invece il figlio del bramino a prepararsi a tutte le esperienze. Una storia che ha segnato generazioni di lettori.

Concepito negli anni bui del nazismo, "Il giuoco delle perle di vetro" è il romanzo più vasto e ambizioso di Hermann Hesse, un libro di estrema attualità intellettuale in cui una vicenda fantastica fa da sfondo alla visione utopistica di una comunità spirituale che unisce pratica ascetica e vita attiva. Hesse riprende dunque un tema che gli è caro fin dai tempi di Siddharta : la necessità per l'uomo moderno di scendere dalle regioni dello spirito assoluto per immergersi nel flusso della vita.

Scritto neI 1917 e pubblicato nel 1919, "Demian" è la storia di un ragazzo combattuto fra due mondi, quello bello e pulito del bene e quello terribile, enigmatico eppur allettante del male. Protagonista è il giovane EmiI Sinclair, caduto sotto l'influsso di un cattivo compagno di scuola, Franz Kromer, che lo spinge a ingannare i genitori, rubare e discendere la china del peccato.

Nel Medioevo leggendario del cattolicesimo monastico si snoda la storia dell'amicizia fra il dotto e ascetico Narciso, destinato a una brillante carriera religiosa al riparo dalle insidie del mondo e della storia, e Boccadoro, l'artista geniale e vagabondo, tentato dall'infinita ricchezza della vita e segretamente innamorato anche della sua caducità.

Il disagio di fronte alla volgarità e alla massificazione della società moderna, la ricerca di valori più elevati, la forza liberatrice degli impulsi primordiali, il rimettersi in gioco a partire da una nuova consapevolezza. Sono questi alcuni dei temi che si intrecciano nel "Lupo della steppa", uno dei romanzi più "radicali" e più affascinanti di Hesse, pubblicato nel 1927 in un'Europa in cui i regimi totalitari si andavano moltiplicando.

Scritti tra il 1904 e il 1918, i sei racconti raccolti in questo volume racchiudono molti dei temi più cari ad Hermann Hesse: il passaggio dall'adolescenza alla maturità, il distacco dalla famiglia, la nostalgia per l'infanzia, l'amore per il viaggio, l'amicizia e, soprattutto, il rapporto tra menzogna e verità, fra illusione soggettiva e realtà.

Siddhartha is one of the great philosophical novels. Profoundly insightful, it is also a beautifully written story that begins as Siddhartha, son of an Indian Brahman, leaves his family and begins a lifelong journey towards Enlightenment. On the way he faces the entire range of human experience and emotion: he lives with ascetics, meets Gotama the Buddha, learns the art of love from Kamala the courtesan, and is transformed by the simple philosophy of the ferryman Vasudeva whose wisdom comes not from learned teachings but from observing the River.View our entire collection of podcasts at ...

Hermann Hesse's famous and influential novel Siddhartha is perhaps the most important and compelling allegory produced in the last hundred years. Integrating Eastern and Western spiritual traditions with psychoanalysis and philosophy, this strangely simple tale, written with a deep and moving empathy for humanity, has touched the lives of millions since its original publication in 1922.

Here is the dramatic story of young, docile Emil Sinclair's descent - led by precocious schoolmate Max Demian - into a secret and dangerous world of petty crime and revolt against convention and eventual awakening to selfhood.

The story of a youthful pilgrimage that seemingly failed. As the book opens, the narrator is engaged is writing the chronicle of this remembered adventure - the central experience of his youth. As he becomes immersed in retelling the chronicle, the writer realizes that only he has failed, that the youthful pilgrimage continues in a shining and mysterious way. 

Hermann Karl Hesse (1877-1962) was a German-born poet, novelist, and painter who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946. His best-known works include Demian, Steppenwolf, and Siddhartha, a novel that deals with the spiritual journey of self-discovery of a man named Siddhartha during the time of the Gautama Buddha. The structure of the novel reflects three of the traditional stages of life for Hindu males (student, householder, and recluse) as well as the Buddha's four noble truths and eight-fold path.

Siddhartha, the ninth book written by Hermann Hesse, is about a young Indian boy who leaves his home in hopes of finding enlightenment with the wise "Goutama", which in this story is the Buddha. After learning what he can from Goutama, he decides to go off into the busy city and leads a life of greed and lust. When he realizes that the lifestyle is not fulfilling, and he reflects on his life, he goes to a river and contemplates suicide. However, it is here that Siddhartha meets a man who will change his life and help lead him to enlightenment.

La novela que influenció toda una generación. El Lobo estepario es una de las grandes novelas del premio Nobel de 1946 Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), por tratar en forma profunda el tema del antagonismo entre las dos naturalezas de un individuo, en este caso Harry Haller, una persona desilusionada de la vida, que alterna la que se considera naturaleza bondadosa del ser humano con la ferocidad que caracteriza al lobo estepario.

The spiritual journey of an Indian man named Siddhartha during the time of the Buddha. One of the most influential books of the 1960s.

In Siddhartha, Herman Hesse conveys a very profound message for all those who seek meaning in their lives. Though set in India, the concerns of Siddhartha are universal, expressing Hesse's general interest in the conflict between mind, body, and spirit. It is a story of a Brahmin boy who follows his heart and ventures out into the world to experience life as a pious Brahmin, a Samana, a rich merchant, a lover, and ordinary ferryman to a father - each life bringing a new awakening, bringing him closer to the truth until he is finally one with Buddha.

Siddhartha is the iconic novel by Hermann Hesse which deals with a spiritual journey of self-discovery of a young Indian man during the time of Gautama Buddha. The classic book, written in 1922, was Hesse's ninth novel, and was written in German, in his charmingly simple, lyrical style. It was later published in the United States in 1951 and became greatly influential during the 1960s. An inspirational audio adventure of the spirit. 

In an ancient Indian kingdom, a man named Siddhartha embarks on a journey from his home and family to seek spiritual enlightenment. Siddhartha gives up all belongings and wealth, becomes a homeless beggar, and focuses on meditating on the teachings of Buddha. Siddhartha’s travels take him all around the country, meeting new people and living a life of contemplation, until he meets Kamala, the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. 

Set in the 23rd century, The Glass Bead Game is the story of Joseph Knecht, who has been raised in Castalia, which has provided for the intellectual elite to grow and flourish. Since childhood, Knecht has been consumed with mastering the Glass Bead Game, which requires a synthesis of aesthetics and scientific arts, such as mathematics, music, logic, and philosophy, which he achieves in adulthood, becoming a Magister Ludi (Master of the Game).

Narcissus and Goldmund is the story of a passionate yet uneasy friendship between two men of opposite character. Narcissus, an ascetic instructor at a cloister school, has devoted himself solely to scholarly and spiritual pursuits. One of his students is the sensual, restless Goldmund, who is immediately drawn to his teacher's fierce intellect and sense of discipline.

Harry Haller is a sad and lonely figure, a reclusive intellectual for whom life holds no joy. He struggles to reconcile the wild primeval wolf and the rational man within himself without surrendering to the bourgeois values he despises. His life changes dramatically when he meets a woman who is his opposite, the carefree and elusive Hermine.