In his most important philosophical work, Frithjof Schuon confronts the pitfalls of rationalism and relativism within modern philosophy.
Contents:
The contradiction of relativism
Abuse of the ideas of the concrete and the abstract
Rationalism real and apparent
Concerning proofs of God
The argument from substance
Evidence and mystery
Oriental dialectic and its roots in faith
The demiurge in North American mythology
The alchemy of the sentiments
The symbolism of the hourglass
The problem of qualifications
Concerning the love of God
Understanding and believing
The servant and union
The nature and function of the spiritual master
The delivered one and the divine image
Truths and errors concerning beauty
Dharmakara's vow
Man and certainty
