Hesse's Siddhartha As It Parallels Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs

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for his faith). After he tires of this life, he moves on to
learn the art of love from a woman named Kamala and the art of business
from a man named Kamaswami. He lives his new life for many years but then
begins to feel that his mind has become stagnant and that he needs
something new in his life. He abandons the surroundings he now finds
decadent and becomes friends and lives with a ferry-man who he met years
before. He spends the rest of his life with his friend learning about the
nature of things from the river and seeking contentment.
Abraham Maslow was a leading American psychologist of the twentieth
century. He specialized in the study of human personality and development.
One of his major contributions was the development of a theoretical
hierarchy of needs as a model for understanding the development of an
individual's personality. The eight steps in Maslow's hierarchy of needs,
from the most basic requirements for survival to the most ...

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taken part in the learned
men's conversations, had engaged in debate with Govinda
and had practiced the art of contemplation and
meditation with him. Already he knew how to pronounce
Om silently--this word of words, to say it inwardly with
the intake of breath, when breathing out with all his
soul, his brow radiated the glow of pure spirit.
Already he knew how to recognize Atman within the depth
of his being, indestructible, at one with the universe.
(3-4)

Clearly a young man engaged in conversations with learned men has
had ...

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