{"product_id":"a-unidade-por-tras-das-contradicoes","title":"The unity behind the contradictions","description":"\"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThrough Christianity, Hinduism and Zen, Hermann Hesse, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, presents in \u003cem\u003eThe Unity Behind Contradictions\u003c\/em\u003e his conception of religion in a series of essays, poems and letters.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThe austerity of his family of Protestant pastors led Hermann Hesse to question religion from an early age. Torn between artistic expression, spirituality, and bourgeois experience, he was also heavily influenced by psychoanalysis. The diversity of ideas and concepts led him on a journey of self-discovery through literature, which can be seen in books such as \u003cem\u003eSiddhartha\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSteppenwolf\u003c\/em\u003e , but which finds its greatest expression in the selection of texts in \u003cem\u003e*The Unity Behind Contradictions: Religions and Myths*\u003c\/em\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eIn this book, Hesse brings together observations on human forms of devotion. He dissects what is common to all beliefs, what transcends national or cultural differences and can be part of the faith of any individual and any race. These are impressions and images from humanity's most remote religions and myths, from the ancient Egyptians, Chinese, Buddhists, Christians, Muslims, and modern forms of religious ideology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The concept of \u003cem\u003egrace\u003c\/em\u003e is strongly present. From the idea of the world as a whole, a divine unity to which we must be connected to achieve happiness, we are faced with the possibility of, behind every error, despite every failure, disconnecting from the ego.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eLife only acquires meaning when one leaves behind a naive pursuit of selfish pleasure and attributes it to a servitude—to a religion, to a philosophy—for, as Hermann Hesse states, it is in this servitude that its meaning arises. By finding this meaning, one finds the unity behind all that exists. After all, \"humanity, though still divided into alien and hostile races and cultures, is one and possesses common possibilities, ideals, and goals.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \"","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159922753788,"sku":"9786555874228","price":59.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/6c9240edbcfc2f1513ed5bb45538039e_8977f086-1652-4b2d-b5db-14e46aa92987.jpg?v=1778326797","url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/products\/a-unidade-por-tras-das-contradicoes","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}