Knowledge and the sacred /

Nasr, Seyyed Hossein.

Knowledge and the sacred / Seyyed Hossein Nasr. - New York : Crossroad, 1981. - ix, 341 p. ; 24 cm. - Gifford lectures ; 1981 . - Gifford lectures ; 1981. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Knowledge and its desacralization --What is tradition? -- The rediscovery of the sacred : the revival of tradition -- Scientia sacra -- Man, pontifical and Promethean -- The cosmos as theophany -- Eternity and the temporal order -- Traditional art as fountain of knowledge and grace -- Principal knowledge and the multiplicity of sacred forms -- Knowledge of the sacred as deliverance.

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Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)

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