The Glass Bead Game
内容简介
The final novel of Hermann Hesse, for which he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, " The Glass Bead Game" is a fascinating tale of the complexity of modern life as well as a classic of modern literature Set in the 23rd century, "The Glass Bead Game" is the story of Joseph Knecht, who has been raised in Castalia, the remote place his society 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).
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作者简介
赫尔曼·黑塞（Hesse Hermann，1877-1962），原籍德国，1923年入瑞士籍,以后长期在瑞士隐居乡间。他被称为德国浪漫派最后一位骑士，其代表作《荒原狼》（1927）曾轰动欧美，被托马斯·曼誉为德国的《尤利西斯》。1946年，“由于他的富于灵感的作品具有遒劲的气势和洞察力，也为崇高的人道主义理想和高尚风格提供了一个范例”，获诺贝尔文学奖。
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读书文摘
凡是竭尽全力趋向中心的人，凡是努力趋向真实的存在、趋向完善境界的人，外表看来总比热情者要平静得多，因为人们并不总能看见他们灼热的火焰。
真理是有的，我的孩子。但是你所渴望的'学说'，那种绝对的、完善的、让人充满智慧的学说却是没有的。我的朋友，你也不应该去渴求一种完善的学说，而应该渴求让你自己完美无瑕。神性在你自己心中，而不在任何概念和书本里。真理是体验而得的，真理无法传授。
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