Whitall N. Perry (1920–2005)
Auteur de A Treasury of Traditional Wisdom
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Œuvres de Whitall N. Perry
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Oeuvres associées
The Unanimous tradition : essays on the essential unity of all religions (1991) — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
The Wisdom of Ananda Coomaraswamy: Reflections on Indian Art, Life, and Religion (2011) — Introduction, quelques éditions — 3 exemplaires
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- Date de naissance
- 1920-01-19
- Date de décès
- 2005-11-18
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Belmont, Massachusetts, USA
- Organisations
- Perennialist School
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- Œuvres
- 10
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 151
- Popularité
- #137,935
- Évaluation
- 4.4
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 17
- Langues
- 1
- Favoris
- 1
The result is a book where every page is a reflection around some immanent theme: Sacrifice/Death, Illusion, Humility, Combat/Action, Judgement, Symbolism, Pilgrimage, Metanoia, Mercy-Love-Contemplation, Faith, Grace, Love, Ecstasy, Beauty, Peace, Discernment-Truth, Knowledge, Reality, etc. to name just a few.
Among the sources cited are: Hermes, The Qur'an, Eckhart, Sri Ramakrishna, Plato, The Bible, Dante Alighieri, St Agustine, Mencius, Huang Po, Tauler, Peter Sterry, The Bhagavad-Gita, Shakespeare, Huai Nan Tzu, The Talmud, Philalethes, Ibn Al-Arif, Confucius, Black Elk, Cicero, Rumi, and the Zohar, to name just a reduced few.
I have indicated this book as read, but I will probably never finish it completely, as it touches aspects of my life which are interpreted according to my experience.
Wonderful book.… (plus d'informations)