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The only tradition / William W. Quinn, Jr. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Quinn, William W., 1947-
- Series:
- SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. (Ananda Kentish), 1877-1947.
- Coomaraswamy, Ananda K.
- Guénon, René.
- Schuon, Frithjof, 1907-1998.
- Schuon, Frithjof.
- Hermetism--History--20th century.
- Hermetism.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 384 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c1997.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-363) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4384-1665-2
- 0-585-08972-8
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