The Essential Rene Guenon: Metaphysics, Tradition, and the Crisis of Modernity

by René Guénon and John Herlihy

A prolific writer and author of over 24 books, Rene Guenon was the founder of the Perennialist/Traditionalist school of comparative religious thought. Known for his discourses on the intellectual and spiritual bankruptcy of the modern world, symbolism, tradition, and the inner or spiritual dimension of religion, this book is a compilation of his most important writings. A key component of his thought was the assertion that universal truths manifest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933316578
• ISBN13: 9781933316574
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: World Wisdom Books
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"