Knowledge and the sacred / Seyyed Hossein Nasr.
By: Nasr, Seyyed Hossein.
Material type: BookSeries: The Gifford lectures ; 1981. Publisher: Lahore : Suhail Academy, 1988Description: ix, 341 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)
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 fountain of knowledge and grace -- Principal knowledge and the multiplicity of sacred forms -- Knowledge of the sacred as deliverance.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 fountain of knowledge and grace -- Principal knowledge and the multiplicity of sacred forms -- Knowledge of the sacred as deliverance.
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