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Author Nasr, Seyyed Hossein.

Title Knowledge and the sacred / Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Published New York : Crossroad, 1981

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Description ix, 341 pages ; 24 cm
Series Gifford lectures ; 1981
Gifford lectures ; 1981
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
Notes 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)
LC no. 81012453
ISBN 0824500954