The Perennial PhilosophyHarper Collins, 13 abr 2004 - 312 páginas The Perennial Philosophy is defined by its author as "The metaphysic that recognizes a divine Reality substantial to the world of things and lives and minds." With great wit and stunning intellect, Aldous Huxley examines the spiritual beliefs of various religious traditions and explains them in terms that are personally meaningful. |
Índice
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| 21 | |
Personality Sanctity Divine Incarnation | 35 |
God in the World | 56 |
Charity | 80 |
Mortification NonAttachment Right Livelihood | 96 |
Truth | 125 |
Religion and Temperament | 146 |
Prayer | 219 |
Suffering | 227 |
Faith | 234 |
God Is Not Mocked | 238 |
Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum | 243 |
Idolatry | 250 |
Emotionalism | 253 |
The Miraculous | 259 |
SelfKnowledge | 161 |
Grace and Free Will | 165 |
Good and Evil | 175 |
Time and Eternity | 184 |
Salvation Deliverance Enlightenment | 200 |
Immortality and Survival | 211 |
Silence | 216 |
Ritual Symbol Sacrament | 262 |
Spiritual Exercises | 273 |
Perseverance and Regularity | 292 |
Contemplation Action and Social Utility | 294 |
Bibliography | 303 |
Index | 307 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
The Perennial Philosophy: An Interpretation of the Great Mystics, East and West Aldous Huxley Vista previa restringida - 2009 |
The Perennial Philosophy: An Interpretation of the Great Mystics, East and West Aldous Huxley Vista previa restringida - 2012 |
Términos y frases comunes
achieve action animal animal grace Atman become believe Bhagavad Gita body Brahman Buddha Buddhism called cerebrotonic charity Christ Christian Chuang Tzu consciousness contemplation course craving creatures deliverance desire devotion Dhyana distractions divine Ground divine Reality doctrine Eckhart emotional enlightenment essence eternal Étienne Gilson evil existence experience fact faith feeling François de Sales Godhead grace heart heaven holy human idolatry incarnation individual intellectual Jalal-uddin Rumi kind Lankavatara Sutra Lao Tzu less living London man's final end means merely mind moral mortification mystical nature never Nirvana one's organized Perennial Philosophy perfect political practice Prajapati prayer psychic pure realize reason regarded religion religious sacramental saint salvation scriptures selfless sense somatotonic soul spiritual exercises Sravaka suffering Sufis Sutra Taoist temporal thee Theologia Germanica theology things Thomas Traherne thou thought tion transcendent true truth unitive knowledge Upanishad virtue William Law words worship