Sufism : veil and quintessence : a new translation with selected letters

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Sufism : veil and quintessence : a new translation with selected letters

by Frithjof Schuon ; edited by James S. Cutsinger ; foreword by Seyyed Hossein Nasr

(The library of perennial philosophy, . The writings of Frithjof Schuon)

World Wisdom, 2006

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Soufisme

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Soufisme

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"Includes other previously unpublished writings."

Includes bibliographical references and index

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This new edition of perennial philosopher Frithj of Schuon's "Sufism: Veil And Quintessence" is a fully revised translation from the French original and contains an extensive appendix with previously unpublished selections from Schuon's letters and other private writings. In seven articles Schuon makes the critical distinction between an "absolute" Islam and a "contingent" Islam, thus distinguishing between the message of Islam in itself and the pious Arab expressions of that message, which by their style of rhetoric have a tendency to veil it.

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  • NCID
    BA82227180
  • ISBN
    • 9781933316284
  • LCCN
    2006035233
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    fre
  • Place of Publication
    Bloomington, Ind.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xv, 196 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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