Demian
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Demian: The Story of a Boyhood is a bildungsroman by Hermann Hesse, published in 1919. Demian was first published under the pseudonym "Emil Sinclair," the name of the narrator of the story, but Hesse
First edition (German)
Portrait of Hesse (Hans Sturzenegger, 1912)
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher and writer who started his career as a classical philologist and turned to philosophy early in his academic career. In 1869, at age 24, he was appo
Demian
…to determine his own path and create his life, rather than relying on external standards. As Sinclair enters college, he starts reading the works of Friedrich Nietzsche and is deeply influenced. Ultimately, Sinclair awakens into a realization of self: that to truly find his own way, he must abandon all his guides…
Nietzsche c. 1875
Nietzsche in 1861
Nietzsche in 1864
Arthur Schopenhauer strongly influenced Nietzsche's philosophical thought.