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Light on the Ancient Worlds: A New Translation with Selected Letters

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These essays examines the spiritual patrimony of humanity.

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ISBN-13:	9781935493303
Publisher:	World Wisdom
Publication date:	11/04/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	NOOK Book
Pages:	168
File size:	496 KB

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Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998) is the foremost representative of the “perennialist” or “traditionalist” school of comparative religious thought, well-known for its espousal of the “transcendent unity of religions.” Schuon is the author of over thirty books on metaphysics, comparative religion, art, philosophy, poetry, and spirituality.

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