/lit/ - Literature

>>19119409
Gregory Palamas.

>>17911789
Islam is not perennialist (except perhaps Sufism), but a perennialist can be a Muslim. There is no contradiction in this at all.
>>17911805
It depends on what you mean by "equally valid". Think of a river - if one riverbank is ignorance and you need to crossover to the other riverbank of wisdom, then religion is the boat you use. Different boats have different advantages and disadvantages when crossing the river and some people may hold a better chance of making the journey with one type of boat rather than another. In the end of the day, however, the suitability of the boat for the job is judged on its effectiveness or lack thereof for its specific passengers.
>>17912988
He thought that the Hindu mentality and way of life were far too distant from contemporary European experience, whereas Middle Easterners were closer to Europeans and therefore more accessible in various ways.

>>17457002
>refutes the Catholic Church
>refutes scholasticism
>retroactively refutes rationalist and modernist metaphysics
Yeah, I'm thinking based.