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Adnan Chowdhury
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Chapter 5 like how Knecht, whose two years of self study in Father Jacobus, has been co-opted by the Castilian society as a diplomatic mission to spread the Glass Bead Game into the Roman orthodoxy.
“…he realized that he had incomprehensibly grown into the hierarchy, become part of its structure. His constraint came from the responsibility, from belonging to the higher collectivity…”
— Jan 19, 2026 06:32AM
“…he realized that he had incomprehensibly grown into the hierarchy, become part of its structure. His constraint came from the responsibility, from belonging to the higher collectivity…”
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Adnan Chowdhury
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I’m starting to understand the structure of this book, as Hesse brings the theoretical concept of the Glass Beas Game, this fictionalized unifying ontology system, as a way to journey through and critique related world religions and philosophies.
The chapter I’ve just completed, Two Orders, takes us through breaks through Knecht’s experience inside a Christian monastery. Great discussions!
— Jan 18, 2026 10:35AM
The chapter I’ve just completed, Two Orders, takes us through breaks through Knecht’s experience inside a Christian monastery. Great discussions!
