Narziss — Und Goldmund

Narcissus and Goldmund (German: Narziss und Goldmund ), published in 1930, is a philosophical novel by Hermann Hesse that explores the fundamental dualities of human existence through the lifelong friendship of two contrasting men in medieval Germany.

Apollonian ideals—reason, order, intellect, and spiritual discipline. Narziss und Goldmund

He remains within the monastery of Mariabronn, eventually becoming its Abbot. He views life through logic and the "masculine conscious mind". Goldmund (The Artist): Narcissus and Goldmund (German: Narziss und Goldmund ),