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"Even more remote from his way of thinking, even more impossible than any other thought, would have been words such as this: "Is it only I alone who have created this experience, or is it objective reality? Does the Master have the same feelings as I, or would mine amuse him? Are my thoughts new, unique, my own, or have the Master and many before him experienced and thought exactly the same?" No, for him there were no such analyses and differentiations. Everything was reality, was steeped in reality, full of it as bread dough is of yeast."

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Knowing Reality Subjectivity Unity

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About Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse was a German-born writer and Nobel laureate known for works such as Siddhartha, Steppenwolf, and The Glass Bead Game. His writing often explores self-discovery, spirituality, and the tension between individuality and society. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946.

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