![]() Glass bead game: a general introduction to its history for the layman - Life of Magister Ludi Joseph Knecht - 1: Call - 2: Waldzell - 3: Years of freedom - 4: Two orders - 5: Mission - 6: Magister Ludi - 7: In office - 8: Two poles - 9: Conversation - 10: Preparations - 11: Circular letter - 12: Legend - Joseph Knecht's posthumous writings - Poems of Knecht's student years - Three lives - 1: Rainmaker - 2: Father confessor - 3: Indian lifeĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 16:08:53 Boxid IA40273614 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Since childhood, Knecht has been consumed with mastering the Glass Bead Game, which requires a synthesis of aesthetics and scientific arts, such as mathematics, music, logic, and philosophy, which he achieves in adulthood, becoming a Magister Ludi (Master of the Game) ![]() Set in the 23rd century, The Glass Bead Game is the story of Joseph Knecht, who has been raised in Castalia, the remote place his society has provided for the intellectual elite to grow and flourish. ![]() ![]() From the Publisher: The final novel of Hermann Hesse, for which he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, The Glass Bead Game is a fascinating tale of the complexity of modern life as well as a classic of modern literature. ![]()
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