Instead this history is used to explore philosophical ideas around thought and knowledge, belief and religiosity, and education and learning. The first part of the book is written as a future history of an individual player of the glass bead game and (like most histories) has rather weak characterization and story. OL872781W Page_number_confidence 94.31 Pages 582 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.18 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20220520182830 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 232 Scandate 20220518213328 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780805012460 Tts_version 5.This is an excellently written book but is much more an exploration of the ideas around the life of the mind than it is a novel. Glass bead game: a general introduction to its history for the layman - Life of Magister Ludi Joseph Knecht - 1: Call - 2: Waldzell - 3: Years of freedom - 4: Two orders - 5: Mission - 6: Magister Ludi - 7: In office - 8: Two poles - 9: Conversation - 10: Preparations - 11: Circular letter - 12: Legend - Joseph Knecht's posthumous writings - Poems of Knecht's student years - Three lives - 1: Rainmaker - 2: Father confessor - 3: Indian lifeĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 17:13:05 Autocrop_version 0.0.12_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0008 Boxid IA40496616 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

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)

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. From the Publisher: 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.

The glass bead game by hermann hesse