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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (1419)11/11/1999 11:52:00 PM
From: Neocon  Respond to of 3246
 
In reference specifically to "Steppenwolf", the idea that one should strive for the lucidity and levity of the immortals, such as Mozart and Goethe....His most important book is "Magister Ludi" or "The Glass Bead Game", which is about the aspiration for a kind of intellectual perfection, the serenity of scholarship and the deep satisfaction in finding plausible links among ideas, and the need to connect with the broader forces of history, and to take responsibility among men.....