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"Siddhartha" , by Herman Hesse.

Date Submitted: 09/26/2002 12:47:14
Category: / Literature / Biographies
Length: 2 pages (496 words)
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B.Mitchell K. Hamstra Philosophy RGC 5 June 2003 "Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal." -Siddhartha- From Siddhartha, (Hesse 402). I agree with Siddhartha's statement. I do so based largely on the fact that I have come to the same conclusion due to my life experience. Siddhartha and I approach this claim with the same train of thought and grounds. The basis for this statement …

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…means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal." It is at this point that Govinda realizes that he is talking to his friend, he asks the simple question "Are you Siddhartha?" and the ferryman replies in the affirmative. The end of the conversation that followed Govinda left Govinda mystified and he was uncertain as to whether it had actually taken place or not, he was unable to differentiate between reality and fiction.

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