/lit/ - Literature

Did he finish metaphysics?

>It should be observed that in a religion where the social and sentimental elements preponderate over the intellectual, both the dogma and the cult have their share reduced more and more, so that a religion of this kind tends to degenerate into “ moralism ” pure and simple, as is well exemplified in the case of Protestantism ; at the extreme limit, almost reached at the present day by a certain “ liberal Protestantism,” what remains is no longer a religion at all, since it has preserved only one of the essential factors ; it amounts simply to a kind of specialised philosophic thought.

>It should be observed that in a religion where the social and sentimental elements preponderate over the intellectual, both the dogma and the cult have their share reduced more and more, so that a religion of this kind tends to degenerate into “ moralism ” pure and simple, as is well exemplified in the case of Protestantism ; at the extreme limit, almost reached at the present day by a certain “ liberal Protestantism,” what remains is no longer a religion at all, since it has preserved only one of the essential factors ; it amounts simply to a kind of specialised philosophic thought. It should in fact be pointed out that morals may be conceived in two quite different ways : according to the religious mode, when they are attached to dogma as their principle and are subordinated to it, or else in the philosophic mode, when they are treated as independent

Bonjour, mes amis. It is moi, Rene Guenon. My soul has wandered from the astral plane and has become trapped in your mediocre English language literature discussion board. For the time, it seems my fate is bound to yours, and to this cursed place. I shall make the best use of this time that I can. In this thread you may post passages from your favorite works of fiction and poetry and I will give you their esoteric interpretation, leur vraie interprétation, leur interprétation métaphysique!

Supposedly fluent in
>French
>Greek
>Latin
>English
>Italian
>German
>Spanish
>Sanskrit
>Hebraic
>Arabic
>Chinese

Wtf?

Will he help me to become enlightened if I'm not Muslim?

How do I die to my desires, namely greed, pride and lust?

*blocks your science*

Introduction to the Study of the Hindu doctrines,
Man and His Becoming according to the Vedânta,
The Multiple States of the Being,

Where to start with this fellow?