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Hesse’s Orientation

Hesse believed that when one ‘turned within’ one found a benevolent essence. Orient(al). Buddha.
Deeper and closer to the truth would be recognition of the inner struggle between good and evil. Occident(al). Zarathustra.
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Knowing No Mystery
Who does not be “knowing” the world so as to deprive it of mystery?
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God the Meaning 
“Faith in God” is a call to the necessity of meaning in life and world and suffering. And death.
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Justifying justifying justifying.
Those who justify the unjustifiable… and how they justify justifying the unjustifiable to themselves. 
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Fit for Democracy?
Just heard reports that Trump first suggested withdrawing from NATO because he felt mistreated by other NATO leaders at a gathering.
Again, at this point, the question is whether a sufficient number of Americans are fit* for democracy.*Though micro targeting advertising campaigns may suggest that many must be made fit for democracy. 
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Four Misleaders

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Two Hollow Men

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Mu$ic
The abuse of the power of music for mass marketing sales. 
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A “Usable History”
An abusable history.
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The Richest Fool in the World
