Hesse's character of Harry Haller is a bit Nietzsche-esque, in my opinion. He represents irrationality mixed with erudition and misanthropy mixed with culture. Also, I'm not sure if Nietzsche has ever been properly appreciated or understood. 
I am still trying to figure out if Hesse was so enthralled with Nietzsche that each of his books is supposed to correspond to one of Nietzsche's. Certainly, there is that possibility - Siddhartha - Zarathustra is the most obvious, but Der Steppenwolf - Der Antichrist seems just as possible. Either that or Menschliches, Allzumenschliches.
I am still trying to figure out if Hesse was so enthralled with Nietzsche that each of his books is supposed to correspond to one of Nietzsche's. Certainly, there is that possibility - Siddhartha - Zarathustra is the most obvious, but Der Steppenwolf - Der Antichrist seems just as possible. Either that or Menschliches, Allzumenschliches.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Der Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
- 30/03/2011 03:59:13 AM
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Okay, might read that as well after Kafka, or before.
- 01/04/2011 10:53:09 PM
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Re: Okay, might read that as well after Kafka, or before.
- 04/04/2011 09:45:44 PM
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Just repeating that name won't have any effect, you know. 
- 04/04/2011 10:09:38 PM
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- 04/04/2011 10:09:38 PM
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Dammit
- 04/04/2011 10:13:36 PM
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Does it do justice to Nietzsche?
- 04/04/2011 09:44:48 PM
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I believe it does.
- 08/04/2011 04:41:16 PM
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