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The term sacred science may appear contradictory to those for whom ""science"" is identified with that particular mode of knowledge which has come to monopolize to a large extent the term science for itself since the 17th century in the West. Science, thus understood, has by definition nothing to do with sacred, while what is called sacred has little to do with science. This work presents basic notions concerning the sacred sciences and the meaning of such sciences in ths modern world. In the words of the author, ""we hope ...that the work will be a humble contribution to a better understanding of the traditional and sacred sciences so much needed by the modern world, lost in the maze caused by its forgetfulness of the traditional and perennial wisdom of which these very sciences are applications and depositories"".

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Author:   Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9780700702817

ISBN 10:   0700702814
Pages:   187
Publication Date:   17 January 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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 Küng

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