Publication
Imprint: Shaftesbury, Dorest : Rockport, Massachusetts : Element, 1991, c1986. Responsibility: Frithjof Schuon, edited by Seyyed Hossein Nasr. OCLC Number: 32314302. Physical: Text : 1 volume : 544 pages ; 23 cm. Features: Includes appendix.
Call number
PS / Schuo
ISBN
1852302607 / 9781852302603
Original publication date
1986
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: In a language which draws from the technical vocabulary and symbolic imagery of several traditions -- the Platonic, Christian, Islamic, Hindu and Buddhist -- Schuon depicts in dazzling fashion... the traditional doctrine of the nature of the one. -- from back cover
Table of Contents: Introduction by Seyyed Hoissen Nasr
Part I Religion and revelation --
- The nature of religion
- Esotericism and mysticism
- Faith, love and knowledge
- Theology and philosophy
Part II The study of religions --
- Comparative religion - methodology
- Archaic religions
- The religions of the American Indians
- Hinduism
- The Chinese religions
- Buddhism
- Shintoism
- Judaism
- Christianity
- Islam
Part III The nature of reality --
- Metaphysics
- Epistemology
- Cosmology and the traditional sciences
Part IV Art and the spiritual significance of beauty --
- Aesthetics
Part V Man --
- The nature of man
- Woman
- Sexuality
Part VI The spiritual life --
- Elements and goals of the spiritual path
- Prayer
- The spiritual virtues
Part VII Eschatology and the afterlife -
- Reflections on eschatological problems
Part VIII Criticism of the modern world --
- Criticism of modern philosophy
- Criticism of modern science
- Criticism of modern art
Part iX Spiritual impressions.
- Selected poems
- Selections from unpublished letters
- Sophia perennis
Appendix: the writings of Schuon
Table of abbreviations
FY2015 /
Table of Contents: Introduction by Seyyed Hoissen Nasr
Part I Religion and revelation --
- The nature of religion
- Esotericism and mysticism
- Faith, love and knowledge
- Theology and philosophy
Part II The study of religions --
- Comparative religion - methodology
- Archaic religions
- The religions of the American Indians
- Hinduism
- The Chinese religions
- Buddhism
- Shintoism
- Judaism
- Christianity
- Islam
Part III The nature of reality --
- Metaphysics
- Epistemology
- Cosmology and the traditional sciences
Part IV Art and the spiritual significance of beauty --
- Aesthetics
Part V Man --
- The nature of man
- Woman
- Sexuality
Part VI The spiritual life --
- Elements and goals of the spiritual path
- Prayer
- The spiritual virtues
Part VII Eschatology and the afterlife -
- Reflections on eschatological problems
Part VIII Criticism of the modern world --
- Criticism of modern philosophy
- Criticism of modern science
- Criticism of modern art
Part iX Spiritual impressions.
- Selected poems
- Selections from unpublished letters
- Sophia perennis
Appendix: the writings of Schuon
Table of abbreviations
FY2015 /
Physical description
544 p.; 23 cm
Description
Frithjof Schuon had a unique ability to penetrate to the heart if the world's great spiritual traditions, revealing new dimensions that astounded general readers and scholars alike. Schuon's insights on religion, prayer, the spiritual life, aesthetics and philosophy shine throughout this book.
Language
Original language
French