A New Mental Operating System: 7 Lessons From ‘Siddhartha’ by Hermann Hesse
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Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse was a new operating system for my mind. Despite the book’s age (100 years) and brevity (152 pages), it was one of these rare cases of literature that combined philosophical ideas with deep sentiments. It radically redefined…
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Alan Watts