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Knowledge and the sacred / Seyyed Hossein Nasr.

Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BL51 .N37 1981
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Nasr, Seyyed Hossein.
Series:
Gifford lectures
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Knowledge, Theory of (Religion).
Physical Description:
ix, 341 pages ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [1981]
Contents:
Knowledge and its desacralization
What is tradition?
The rediscovery of the sacred
Scientia sacra
Man, pontifical and Promethean
The cosmos as theophany
Eternity and the temporal order
Traditional art as fountai
and grace
Principal knowledge and the multiplicity of sacred forms
Knowledge of the sacred as deliverance. +
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acc.#204179
ISBN:
0852244339 :
OCLC:
8721588

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