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Knowledge and the sacred / Seyyed Hossein Nasr.
LIBRA BL51 .N316
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nasr, Seyyed Hossein.
- Series:
- Gifford lectures ; 1981.
- Gifford lectures ; 1981
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Knowledge, Theory of (Religion).
- Physical Description:
- ix, 341 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Crossroad Pub. Co., 1981.
- Contents:
- Knowledge and its desacralization
- What is tradition?
- The rediscovery of the sacred : the revival of tradition
- Scientia sacra
- Man, pontifical and Promethean
- The cosmos as theophany
- Eternity and the temporal order
- Traditional art as fountain of knowledge and grace
- Principal knowledge and the multiplicity of sacred forms
- Knowledge of the sacred as deliverance.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0824500954 :
- OCLC:
- 7672032
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