The Need For a Sacred Science
1st Edition
Published on 28. June 2017
Book
Hardback
196 pages
978-1-138-40598-1 (ISBN)
Description
The meaning of a science rooted in the sacred, its contrast to modern science and its pertinence to us today.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
445 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-40598-1 (9781138405981)
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Seyyed Hossein Nasr
The Need For a Sacred Science
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08/2005
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The Need For a Sacred Science
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The Need For a Sacred Science
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01/1995
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Nasr, Seyyed Hossein
Content
Introduction Part One -The World of the Spirit-A Metaphysical Context for the Cultivation of Sacred Science 1. God is Reality 2. Self-awareness and Ultimate Selfhood 3. Time-The Moving Image of Eternity Part Two -The Unity of the Divine Stratosphere- The Diversity of the Human Atmosphere 4. One is the Spirit and Many its Human Reflections- Thoughts on the Human Condition Today 5. The Philosophia Perennis and the Study of Religion Part Three -Science: Traditional and Modern 6. Western Science and Asian Cultures 7. The Traditional Sciences 8. The Spiritual Significance of Nature Part Four -Tradition, Sacred Science and the Modern Predicament 9. Sacred Science and the Environmental Crisis- An Islamic Perspective 10. The Concept of Human Progress through Material Evolution: A Traditional Critique 11. Reflections on the Theological Modernism of Hans Kueng