The only tradition
The Only Tradition examines the first principles of the perennial philosophy or ancient wisdom tradition as expressed in the writings of Rene Guenon and Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, and the current breakdown of value, meaning, and culture in the West due to the decline of these principles since the thirteenth century. The book further focuses on the relationship or reciprocity between the first principles and Western and Eastern culture, and discusses the future development of a homogenous, worldwid…
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- Full title :The only tradition / William W. Quinn, Jr.
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The Only Tradition examines the first principles of the perennial philosophy or ancient wisdom tradition as expressed in the writings of Rene Guenon and Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, and the current breakdown of value, meaning, and culture in the West due to the decline of these principles since the thirteenth century. The book further focuses on the relationship or reciprocity between the first principles and Western and Eastern culture, and discusses the future development of a homogenous, worldwide system of belief that would restore value and meaning to people's lives. Quinn argues for a return to the first principles inherent in the perennial philosophy, which constitute the sacred primordial Tradition and which inform all the world's great religious traditions. His book makes an excellent introduction to this powerful current of European esoteric thought - primordial tradition.
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- Publication Date:©1997.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):State University of New York Press
- Place of Publication:Albany
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1997.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xix, 384 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0585089728, 9780585089720
- oclc:ocm42856341
- LC Classification:BF1595
- Dewey Decimal:148
Table of Contents
Ch. 1. Introductory -- Ch. 2. The Tradition -- Ch. 3. Hermeneutics of The Tradition -- Ch. 4. Forums of the Traditional Perspective -- Ch. 5. The Complexio Oppositorum of Quantity and Quality -- Ch. 6. The Philosophia Perennis -- Ch. 7. Theosophia -- Ch. 8. The First Principles -- Ch. 9. Primitive Traditional Culture -- Ch. 10. Developed Traditional Culture -- Ch. 11. Primitive and Developed Traditional Culture Compared -- Ch. 12. Introductory -- Ch. 13. Losses and Gains of the Western Worldview -- Ch. 14. Cultural Effects of Modernity -- Ch. 15. The "Solution" to the Vicissitudes of Modernity -- Appendix A. Tradition: Definitions and Usages -- Appendix B. Culture -- Appendix C. Ontology -- Appendix D. Methodology (or Ethnomethodology).
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