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Logic and Transcendence: A New Translation with Selected Letters
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Logic and Transcendence: A New Translation with Selected Letters
Logic and Transcendence: A New Translation with Selected Letters
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Comparative Religion
Cosmology
Esoterism
Metaphysics
Perennial Philosophy
Spiritual Life
Symbolism
Tradition

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ISBN:  978-1-933316-73-4
Book Size:  6 × 9
# of Pages:  304
Language:  English



Summary of "Logic and Transcendence"
Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998) is the foremost representative of the “Traditionalist” or “Perennialist” school of comparative religious thought. This new edition of Logic and Transcendence, his most important philosophical work, is a fully revised translation from the French original and contains an extensive Appendix with previously unpublished selections from Schuon’s letters and other private writings. Logic and Transcendence contains chapters devoted to specifically philosophical questions such as the contradiction of relativism, the notion of the concrete and abstract, and the limitations of rationalism; it also contains some of Schuon’s most succinct theological discussions concerning both Christian and Islamic theology. The last part of the book turns to diverse questions of the spiritual life, including a discussion of the function of the spiritual master and concludes with a study of man and certitude.
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Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998) is the foremost representative of the “Traditionalist” or “Perennialist” school of comparative religious thought. This new edition of Logic and Transcendence, his most important philosophical work, is a fully revised translation from the French original and contains an extensive Appendix with previously unpublished selections from Schuon’s letters and other private writings. Logic and Transcendence contains chapters devoted to specifically philosophical questions such as the contradiction of relativism, the notion of the concrete and abstract, and the limitations of rationalism; it also contains some of Schuon’s most succinct theological discussions concerning both Christian and Islamic theology. The last part of the book turns to diverse questions of the spiritual life, including a discussion of the function of the spiritual master and concludes with a study of man and certitude.

Seyyed Hossein Nasr, another major author of the Traditionalist school wrote about Logic and Transcendence: “This long work is Schuon's most important philosophical opus in the sense of containing long chapters devoted to specifically philosophical questions such as relativism, the notion of concrete and abstract and rationalism. But the book also contains some of his most succinct theological discussions concerning both Christian and Islamic theology. The last part of the book turns again to diverse questions of the spiritual life including a discussion of the function of the spiritual master and concludes with a study of man and certitude.”


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Frithjof Schuon

Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998) is best known as the foremost spokesman of the “Traditionalist” or “Perennialist” school and as a philosopher in the metaphysical current of Shankara and Plato. He wrote more than two dozen books on metaphysical, spiritual, artistic, and ethnic themes and was a regular contributor to journals on comparative religion in both Europe and America. Schuon’s writings have been consistently featured and reviewed in a wide range of scholarly and philosophical publications around the world, respected by both scholars and spiritual authorities. Besides his prose writings, Schuon was also a prolific poet (see a listing of Schuon's poetry books) and a gifted painter of images that always portrayed the beauty and power of the divine, and the nobility and virtue of primordial humanity.

World Wisdom features a series titled "The Writings of Frithjof Schuon", which includes many new editions of classic books by Schuon in new translations and with additional materials. Our online Library contains many articles and poems written by Frithjof Schuon, allowing readers to see a representative sample of his remarkable body of work.

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James Cutsinger

James S. Cutsinger (1953-2020) was an author, editor, and teacher whose writings focus primarily on Perennialism and the theology and spirituality of the Christian East. He was professor of Theology and Religious Thought at the University of South Carolina for almost 40 years. Prof. Cutsinger edited a series of new editions of books by Frithjof Schuon (click here to see the list of books). His other contributions to World Wisdom's books include:
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Contents of "Logic and Transcendence"

Editor’s Preface

Introduction

The Contradiction of Relativism

Abuse of the Ideas of the Concrete and the Abstract

Rationalism Real and Apparent

Concerning Proofs of God

The Argument from Substance

Evidence and Mystery

Oriental Dialectic and Its Roots in Faith

The Demiurge in North American Mythology

The Alchemy of the Sentiments

The Symbolism of the Hourglass

The Problem of Qualifications

Implications of the Love of God

Understanding and Believing

The Servant and Union

The Nature and Function of the Spiritual Master

The Delivered One and the Divine Image

Truths and Errors Concerning Beauty

The Vow of Dharmakara

Man and Certainty

Appendix:  

Selections from Letters and Other Previously Unpublished Writings

The Theological and Metaphysical Ambiguity of the Word Ex

Editor’s Notes

Glossary of Foreign Terms and Phrases

Index

Biographical Notes



Read selections from "Logic and Transcendence"
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The Delivered One and the Divine ImageLogic and Transcendence (2009)Schuon, Frithjof Art, Comparative Religion, Hinduism, Metaphysics, Symbolism
The Contradiction of RelativismStudies in Comparative Religion, Vol. 7, No. 2. (Spring, 1973)Schuon, Frithjof Cosmology, Metaphysics, Modernism, Science, Spiritual Life
Concerning Proofs of GodStudies in Comparative Religion, Vol. 7, No. 1. (Winter, 1973)Schuon, Frithjof Comparative Religion, Esoterism, Metaphysics, Perennial Philosophy, Platonism, Science, Spiritual Life
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