“The “end of a world” never is and never can be anything but the end of an illusion.”
The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times (1945)
René-Jean-Marie-Joseph Guénon , also known as ʿAbd al-Wāḥid Yaḥyá , was a French author and intellectual who remains an influential figure in the domain of metaphysics, having written on topics ranging from sacred science and traditional studies, to symbolism and initiation.
He wrote and published in French, and his works have been translated into more than twenty languages. He is considered to be an important writer in the Traditionalist School.
“The “end of a world” never is and never can be anything but the end of an illusion.”
The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times (1945)
Source: The Crisis of the Modern World (1927), p. 93
Source: The Crisis of the Modern World (1927), p. 47
Source: The Crisis of the Modern World (1927), p. 50
Initiation et réalisation spirituelle (Initiation And Spiritual Realization) (1952)
Source: The Crisis of the Modern World (1927), p. 98
Source: The Crisis of the Modern World (1927), p. 98
Source: Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power (1929), p. 30
Source: The Crisis of the Modern World (1927), p. 51
Source: Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power (1929), p. 77
Source: The Crisis of the Modern World (1927), p. 59
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Source: The Crisis of the Modern World (1927), p. 99
Source: The Reign of Quantity and Signs of the Times (1945), p. 289
Source: The Crisis of the Modern World (1927), p. 75
Source: The Crisis of the Modern World (1927), p. 109
Introduction générale à l'étude des doctrines hindoues (Introduction to the Study of the Hindu Doctrines) (1921)
Source: The Crisis of the Modern World (1927), pp. 97-98
La crise du monde moderne (The Crisis of the Modern World) (1927)
Source: The Reign of Quantity and Signs of the Times (1945), p. 288
“If an idea is true, it belongs equally to all who are capable of understanding it.”
Source: The Crisis of the Modern World (1927), p. 73
Source: The Crisis of the Modern World (1927), pp. 65-66
Source: The Crisis of the Modern World (1927), p. 56
Source: Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power (1929), pp. 77–78
Source: Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power (1929), p. 73
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