Language of the Self by Frithjof Schuon
First published in India this is a revised translation of essays that elucidate the universal principles for which the Advaita-Vedanta is so revered encompassing in its amplitude every legitimate spiritual modality. In the chapter The Meaning of Caste the reader is afforded an intelligent and spiritually vibrant way of understanding the archetypal roots that differentiate humankind. The Meaning of Race demolishes current errors and prejudices while depicting that genius which is unique to each race. Principles and Criteria of Art insists on the necessity of objective criteria for beauty. The shock to Western readers upon encountering this idea gives way to joy arising from the restoration of art's mission of transmitting the qualities of intelligence beauty and nobility that are at once the natural and necessary dimensions of the human condition as well as the projection of Truth and Beauty into the world of forms.
Frithjof Schuon wrote more than two dozen books on metaphysical, spiritual, artistic, and ethnic themes and was a regular contributor to journals on comparative religion in both Europe and America. He is best known as the foremost spokesman of the Perennial Philosophy and his writings have been consistently featured and reviewed in a wide range of scholarly and philosophical publications around the world, respected by both scholars and spiritual authorities. He was born in 1907 in Basle, Switzerland and died in the US in 1998. Harry Oldmeadow was Coordinator of Philosophy and Religious Studies at La Trobe University Bendigo, Australia, until his recent retirement. An acknowledged authority on the Perennialist school in general and Frithjof Schuon in particular, his articles have featured extensively in journals on comparative religion in America and Europe. He is the author of numerous works, including Traditionalism: Religion in the Light of the Perennial Philosophy (winner of the University of Sydney Medal for excellence in research), and Frithjof Schuon and the Perennial Philosophy. He lives in Australia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780941532266 |
| ISBN 10 | 0941532267 |
| Title | Language of the Self |
| Author | Frithjof Schuon |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | World Wisdom Books |
| Year published | 2005-04-07 |
| Number of pages | 223 |
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