Victor Hugo vs. Hermann Hesse
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Victor Hugo
1802 – 1885
Literature
Brazil
French Romanticism
Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo was a French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician.
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"What Is Love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars …"
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Hermann Hesse
1861 – 1948
Literature
Germany
existentialism
Hermann Hesse was a German-Swiss novelist, poet, and painter best known for works such as Siddhartha, Steppenwolf, and Narcissus and Goldmund. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946 and is celebrated for exploring spirituality and self-discovery in his fiction.
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"If I know what love is, it is because of you."
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