Siddhartha in Never too Late to Read Classics

Sep 19, 2020 Carey rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, classics, german-authors

*4.5/5 Stars

Wow. Although I originally struggled with the first few chapters of this work, I could not have imagined the journey ahead. I was often not sure where the story was going, what all these adventures meant, or what the goal of the main character was - I just simply read along. Yet, this book was filled with so much wisdom about life, love, philosophy, psychology, and religion. I was especially blown away by the last 40-50 pages of this work where everything came so perfectly together a ...more

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Jun 27, 2014 ULa rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: plus-ultra, mukashi-banashi

Selama ini kukira nama Siddhartha itu ya Siddhartha Gautama, tetapi ternyata bukan. Gautama adalah biksu yang sudah mendapatkan pencerahan sedangkan Siddhartha adalah pemuda yang mencari pencerahan. Karena selama ini cuma tahu kisah Siddhartha dari penggalan cerita difilm Kera Sakti XD
Kisah yang membuat kita merenung dan berintrospeksi tentang kehidupan yang telah kita jalani sampai saat ini. Apakah kita sudah menjalani hidup dengan baik? Apa sajakah yang sudah kita lakukan selama ini? Apakah ja ...more

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May 21, 2017 Aditia Putra rated it really liked it

Shelves: novel

A must-read classic novel for everyone. This inspiring story of Siddhartha, a strong-willed young man, explores the hidden meaning of existence from painful ascetic to hedonistic lifestyle. Through wandering journey to find knowledge and wisdom, he learns many things from the Buddha, a beautiful courtesan, a rich merchant, a dice player and a ferryman. But, soon, he realizes that knowledge can be taught, but not wisdom. It is something that one can find but cannot teach it. Because everything ex ...more

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