Sentences with phrase «glass bead game»

As it's metaphor can be regarded e.g. Hermann Hesse's «Glass Bead Game», the hero of which finally finished the organization of the «games», as he recognized it has nothing to do with the real life.

The Glass Bead Game, Vilma Gold Project Space, Berlin, Germany

In Herman Hesse's novel The Glass Bead Game, where a vastly complex cultural game becomes the ultimate measure of superiority, this is pretty much what happens.

The Glass Bead Game, which won Hesse the 1946 Nobel Prize for literature, chronicles Joseph Knecht's ascent through the ranks of a monastic order devoted to playing a complex and elusive game.

Synthesizing all areas of human knowledge, including math, philosophy, and music, the glass bead game demands a lifetime of intense training and dedication.

Thanks for the «glass bead game» reference.

Not exact matches

I was pretty amazed with how the rain beads off the glass of your windows, the wipers wash it away, or the way water beads off the game's camera in another view mode (e.g. chase or hood), all are very convincing.

Wordy Speculations, To Three and Beyond (discontinued), and Glass Beads and Game Controllers (discontinued)

I was pretty amazed with how the rain beads off the glass of your windows, the wipers wash it away, or the way water beads off the game's camera in another view mode (e.g. chase or hood), all are very convincing.

The game will be available with a variety of options, including five $ 25 packs that provide two decks, and a $ 100 Complete First Edition set that has all 10 decks, 10 copies of quick rules, two playmats with different art and integrated life counters, and sets of red and blue glass beads to track life totals.