The problem of success and true human destiny in modern society on the novel ''The Glass Bead Game'' by Hermann Hesse
The article considers the problem of achieving external success in modern society and the problem of the realization of authentic human destiny on the example of the philosophical works of Hermann Hesse - ‘The Glass Bead Game’. It is shown that the path to external success due to social criteria, there is a blurring of the original existence of the person. Then as the realization of true human destiny lies in personal self-knowledge and self-development, spiritual «the ladder of existence».