Category Archives: Philosophy
Hermann Hesse and Nikos Kazantzakis
Hesse and Kazantzakis wrote about the struggle between the realm of the intellect and the realm of the senses, among many other important subjects. Kazantzakis’s novel Zorba the Greek is based on a real person influential in Kazantzakis’s life. Zorba … Continue reading
Reading ‘Lost Horizon’: A String of Synchronicities?
Synchronicity is a concept originated by Carl G. Jung. A simple description of the concept, by a skeptic, reads: “meaningful coincidences”. However defined and accepted, I cannot resist telling here of a string of possibly meaningful coincidences within the last … Continue reading