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Anonymous Tue Jun 27 19:32:39 2017 No.9689236 [Reply] [Original]

Just because you disagree with the philosophy doesn't stop it from being one of the best books ever written.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 27 19:40:00 2017 No.9689254 I was really underwhelmed by Steppenwolf. Don't have much else to say, just I didn't feel like making a whole new thread. If anyone was really touched by Steppenwolf, please enlighten me.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 27 20:10:01 2017 No.9689347 bitch

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 27 20:10:26 2017 No.9689350 >>9689254 >I have two personalities

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 27 20:11:15 2017 No.9689353 >>9689236 wew

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 27 20:13:02 2017 No.9689356 >>9689254 Hesse wanted it to be more like a satire, but apparent everyone labeled it as a new age mysticism thing.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 27 20:51:02 2017 No.9689482 how can a book be so simple but so good?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 27 20:53:53 2017 No.9689488 There are plenty of other things that do though :^)

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 27 20:57:51 2017 No.9689506 >>9689356 Can you recommend the books he was trying to satirize?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 27 20:58:12 2017 No.9689508 >>9689254 It takes a certain mindset to get it. Same with most of Hesse's books.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 27 21:00:03 2017 No.9689514 >>9689506 Sidartha is satire too

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 27 21:03:27 2017 No.9689523 >>9689514 But I like that one

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 27 21:07:24 2017 No.9689540 >>9689514 source pls I wouldn't be surprised, the plot is basically dragonball z fan fiction as written by someone who just read 6 wikipedia articles on buddhism/taoism/etc

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 27 22:46:53 2017 No.9689789 >>9689236 Demian was much better.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 28 01:02:02 2017 No.9690185 but this book made me cry

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 28 02:00:03 2017 No.9690339 >>9689540 Hesse lived in India, and his parents were missionaries there. He knew a lot more about Eastern philosophy than an idiot posting on 4chan does.