Siddhartha, By Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse was a German poet, novelist, and painter. Hesse was born July 2,1877 and past on August 9,1962. Some of Hesse best known works include Demian, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game. Hermann Hesse works specified on exploring an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge and spirituality. In the novel Siddhartha (1922), by Hermann Hesse , deals with a spiritual journey of a self-discovery man named Siddhartha during the time of the Gautama Buddha. The message that Hesse is trying to portray is that an individual must never lose sight their goal. A person who is able to overcome all the obstacles that life throws at them without quitting will eventually achieve their desired goal. The path to enlightenment or self actualization
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Hesse states, “Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.” (Hesse )This shows that in order for Siddhartha to gain wisdom and knowledge he had to experience it all. In the article, " 15 Powerful Lessons You Can Only Learn Through Experience", Rania Naim states , "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts" ( Naim).This being said, Siddhartha had to learn how it felt to lose sight of his goal and become bitter and unsatisfied with his life in order to change himself and want to achieve his goal more than ever. If Siddhartha had not experienced what it felt like to lose sight of his goal he would never truly know how much he desired enlightenment. Hesse claims ,“I have had to experience so much stupidity, so many vices, so much error, so much nausea, disillusionment and sorrow, just in order to become a child again and begin anew. I had
Hesse states, “Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.” (Hesse )This shows that in order for Siddhartha to gain wisdom and knowledge he had to experience it all. In the article, " 15 Powerful Lessons You Can Only Learn Through Experience", Rania Naim states , "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts" ( Naim).This being said, Siddhartha had to learn how it felt to lose sight of his goal and become bitter and unsatisfied with his life in order to change himself and want to achieve his goal more than ever. If Siddhartha had not experienced what it felt like to lose sight of his goal he would never truly know how much he desired enlightenment. Hesse claims ,“I have had to experience so much stupidity, so many vices, so much error, so much nausea, disillusionment and sorrow, just in order to become a child again and begin anew. I had