G.I. Gurdjieff

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born

Alexandropol , Armenia

died

October 29, 1949

gender

male

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Religion & Spirituality, Science

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Georges Ivanovich Gurdjieff (Георгий Иванович Гюрджиев, Georgiy Ivanovich Gyurdzhiev,Gurdjiev; January 13, 1872 ? – October 29, 1949 ), was a Greek-Armenian mystic and self-professed 'teacher of dancing'. He claimed that the teachings he brought to the West from his own experiences and early travels expressed the truth found in other ancient religions and teachings relating to self-awareness in one's daily life and humanity's place in the universe. It might be summed up by the title of his book: Life is Real Only Then, When 'I Am'.

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Books by G.I. Gurdjieff

Average rating: 4.02 · 808 ratings · 81 reviews · 11 distinct works

	Meetings With Remarkable Men 4.07 avg rating — 375 ratings — published 1960 — 17 editions	My rating:
	Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson 3.95 avg rating — 269 ratings — published 1950 — 30 editions	My rating:
	Life is Real Only Then, When 'I Am' 4.08 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 1981 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Views from the Real World: Early Talks Moscow Essentuki Tiflis Berlin London Paris NY Chicago as Recollecte 4.07 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1973 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Herald of Coming Good 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1933 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson, Second Book: An Objectively Impartial Criticism of the Life of Man 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1973	My rating:
	Scenario of the Ballet the Struggle of the Magicians 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Gurdjieff parle à ses élèves 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1980 — 2 editions	My rating:
	La vita reale 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Beelzebubs Erzählungen Für Seinen Enkel. 3 Bände by G.I. Gurdjieff, Georg Iwanowitsch Gurdjieff 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1973 — 6 editions	My rating:

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All and Everything (3 books)
by G.I. Gurdjieff

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Quotes by G.I. Gurdjieff

“Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.”
― G.I. Gurdjieff

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“Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.”
― G.I. Gurdjieff

tags: self-awareness , self-discovery , self-knowledge

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“To know means to know all. Not to know all means not to know. In order to know all, it is only necessary to know a little. But, in order to know this little, it is first necessary to know pretty much.”
― G.I. Gurdjieff

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