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Knowledge and the sacred / Seyyed Hossein Nasr.

By: Nasr, Seyyed Hossein
Material type: TextTextSeries: Gifford lectures: 1981.Publisher: New York : Crossroad, 1981Description: ix, 341 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0824500954 :Subject(s): Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)DDC classification: 200/.1 LOC classification: BL51 | .N316 1981Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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