The Multiple States of the Being

by Renï Guïnon, James Richard Wetmore (Editor), James Richard Wetmore (Translator)

Overview

Study of the ontological hierarchy of the states of being as taught in the traditional metaphyscial doctrines of East and West.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780900588594
Publisher:	Sophia Perennis
Publication date:	04/01/2002
Series:	Collected Works of Rene Guenon
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	116
Product dimensions:	6.04(w) x 9.04(h) x 0.34(d)

Table of Contents

	Editorial Note	XIII
	Preface	1
1	Infinity & Possibility	7
2	Possibles & Compossible	13
3	Being & Non-Being	19
4	Foundation of the Theory of the Multiple States	24
5	Relationships of Unity & Multiplicity	30
6	Analogous Considerations drawn from the Study of the Dream State	34
7	The Possibilities of Individual Consciousness	40
8	Mentality as the Characteristic Element of Human Individuality	46
9	The Hierarchy of Individual Faculties	52
10	The Limits of the Indefinite	56
11	Principles of Distinction between the States of Being	59
12	The Two Chaoses	64
13	The Spiritual Hierarchies	67
14	Reply to Objections drawn from the Plurality of Beings	72
15	The Realization of the Being through Knowledge	75
16	Knowledge & Consciousness	79
17	Necessity & Contingency	84
18	The Metaphysical Notion of Freedom	88
	Index	97