Hesse's Siddhartha As It Parallels Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs
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Several parallels can be drawn between the psychologist Abraham
Maslow's theoretical hierarchy of needs and the spiritual journey of
Siddhartha, the eponymous main character in Herman Hesse's novel. Maslow's
hierarchy of needs is somewhat of a pyramid that is divided into eight
stages of need thr ....
Middle of paper
.... to obtain true enlightenment through the words of others but that
it must be experienced empirically. Siddhartha therefore rejects the life
of a Brahmin to become a Samana (a wandering person who gives up material
possessions for his faith). After he tires of this life, he moves on to
learn the art of love from a woman named Kamala and the art of business
from a man named Kamaswami. He lives his new life for many years but then
begins to feel that his mind has become stagnant and that ....
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