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Meaning
The speaker is describing a brief moment of total awareness in which everything feels connected and in balance. It suggests that even a very short experience can reveal a larger harmony in life. The wording also implies a quiet, reflective understanding rather than an ordinary hearing with the ears.
When It Was Said
1910
Who It Was Said To
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Historical Context
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Source
Gertrude: A Novel (2012)
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
The phrase appears in the book "Gertrude: A Novel (2012)" by Hermann Hesse (Google Books snippet); no earlier source was checked.
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About Hermann Hesse
German-Swiss poet and novelist
Hermann Hesse was a German-Swiss poet and novelist. He won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature and is best known for novels such as Demian, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, Narcissus and Goldmund, and The Glass Bead Game. His writing was shaped by his interest in Eastern religious, spiritual, and philosophical traditions, as well as by his engagement with Jungian analysis. Across his fiction, he returns to the search for authenticity, self-knowledge, and spiritual meaning.
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Books by Hermann Hesse
Siddhartha
2006
Der Steppenwolf
2002
Demian
2000
Das Glasperlenspiel
1990
Narziss und Goldmund
2003