The Travel Diary of a Philosopher

Das Reisetagebuch eines Philosophen #1-2

by Hermann Keyserling

book

Genres: Travel, Philosophy, India

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1919

About the author

Count Hermann Alexander von Keyserling was a Baltic German philosopher. He was interested in natural science and in philosophy, and before World War I he was known both as a student of geology and as a popular essayist. After loosing his estate in the Russian Revolution, he founded the Gesellschaft für Freie Philosophie (Society for Free Philosophy) at Darmstadt.

Reviews

[Jasper Tran · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great travel book with such deep observations about other cultures. Quite a gem!

[m · Rating 3 out of 5]

this hidden gem! i could easily give it a five if only he didnt talk about women like that esp when you're literally writing a book abt "learning" cultures.

each country he travelled to, gave me so many lessons to learn. i love how he said this:

"Fancy dress only reveals what a man is, amongst other things, not what he is essentially, so it alters, as it were the centre of his being. This is the same process that brings about a heightening of the expressive power in those individuals whose calling and surroundings only permit them, in the ordinary course of their lives, to convey but a part of themselves. such people are in their fancy dress more, or in a better sense, themselves than they are otherwise in their “real existence."" 🫨

[Bülent Bilgili · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hindistan'ı tüm dünyadaki başka her yerden farklı ve özel kılan temel anlayış özelliklerini Keyserling kadar derin bir kavrayışla sunan kimseye rastlamadım!...

100(0) tane Budizm, Hinduizm, Yoga konulu kitap okuyun, bu kitaptaki kısa-öz-vurucu içeriği kolay kolay bulamaz, kendi kendinize de o anlayışa kolay kolay ulaşamazsınız. En azından benim için olan şey budur.

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[Francesco · Rating 1 out of 5]

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