Tag Archives: Hermann Hesse
“The Wretched Dimension of Politics.” Excerpts from Nobel Banquet Speeches of Literature Prize Winners
The Nobel Prize ceremonies will soon commence in Stockholm (and Oslo, Norway for the Peace Prize). I am reposting, below, and with some supplementary remarks, an article I wrote eight years ago which is still timely. I could well have … Continue reading
In Praise of German Culture
My father was a Germanophile even though we haven’t any family history rooted in the Germanic peoples, except for a Dutch ancestor who emigrated to Nieuw Amsterdam in the 17th Century. Dad belonged to the German Club at the University of … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Literature, Music & Musicians, Philosophy & Psychology
Tagged Arnold Schoenberg, Arthur Schopenhauer, Austria, Beethoven, Friedrich Nietzsche, Friedrich Schiller, Heinrich Heine, Hermann Hesse, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Johannes Brahms, Magister Ludi, Martin Heidegger, Rainer Maria Rilke, Thomas Mann
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