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René-Jean-Marie-Joseph Guénon[1] (French: [ʁəne ʒan maʁi ʒozɛf ɡenɔ̃]; 15 November 1886 – 7 January 1951), also known as ʿAbd al-Wāḥid Yaḥyá (Arabic: عبد الواحد يحيى) after his conversion to Islam, was a French author and intellectual who remains an influential figure in the domain of metaphysics, having written on topics ranging from sacred science[2] and traditional studies,[3] to symbolism and initiation.

René Guénon
Rene-guenon-1925.jpg
Guénon aged 38 (1925 studio photo).
Born
René-Jean-Marie-Joseph Guénon
15 November 1886
Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France
Died
7 January 1951 (aged 64)
Cairo, Egypt
Era
20th-century philosophy
Region
Western philosophy
Western esotericism
Eastern philosophy[citation needed]
School
Advaita Vedanta
Sufism
Nondualism
Platonism
Traditionalism
Main interests
Perennialism
Metaphysics
Symbology
Mythology
Comparative religion
Esoterism
Gnosticism
History
Freemasonry
Mathematics
Social criticism
Notable ideas
Critique of modernity from the perspective of ancient wisdom traditions
Refounding Western esotericism using Eastern ideas
Influences
Adi Shankara Ibn Arabi Lao Tse (Laozi) Plato Aristotle Socrates
Influenced
Eliade Schuon Valsan Nasr Pallis Huston Smith de Carvalho Burckhardt Lings Borella Smith Evola Michon de Azevedo Coomaraswamy Rose Upton
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He wrote and published in French, and his works have been translated into more than twenty languages. He is considered to be an important writer in the Traditionalist School of philosophy, and one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century.

Biography

Writings

Some key terms and ideas

Metaphysical core

Other writings in metaphysics, hermeticism, and cosmological sciences

Symbolism

Contemporary "neo-spiritualism"

Reception

Bibliography

Notes

References

Further reading

External links

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>> No.14393040

This is from wikipedia

>> No.14393045

Bump

>> No.14393050

>>14393035
bump. excellent thread

>> No.14393058

>>14393035
wow very based and redpilled my friend

>> No.14393070

>4 replies 3 posters

>> No.14393128

>>14393070
Retroactive bump

>> No.14393135

>>14393070
No, there are seven posters

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This article relies too much on references to primary sources.
René-Jean-Marie-Joseph Guénon[1] (French: [ʁəne ʒan maʁi ʒozɛf ɡenɔ̃]; 15 November 1886 – 7 January 1951), also known as ʿAbd al-Wāḥid Yaḥyá (Arabic: عبد الواحد يحيى) after his conversion to Islam, was a French author and intellectual who remains an influential figure in the domain of metaphysics, having written on topics ranging from sacred science[2] and traditional studies,[3] to symbolism and initiation.

René Guénon
Rene-guenon-1925.jpg
Guénon aged 38 (1925 studio photo).
Born
René-Jean-Marie-Joseph Guénon
15 November 1886
Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France
Died
7 January 1951 (aged 64)
Cairo, Egypt
Era
20th-century philosophy
Region
Western philosophy
Western esotericism
Eastern philosophy[citation needed]
School
Advaita Vedanta
Sufism
Nondualism
Platonism
Traditionalism
Main interests
Perennialism
Metaphysics
Symbology
Mythology
Comparative religion
Esoterism
Gnosticism
History
Freemasonry
Mathematics
Social criticism
Notable ideas
Critique of modernity from the perspective of ancient wisdom traditions
Refounding Western esotericism using Eastern ideas
Influences

External links

Last edited 2 days ago by Onomastician
RELATED ARTICLES
Traditionalist School
perennial philosophy
René Alleau
French writer
Jean Robin (writer)
French writer (born 1946)
Wikipedia

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Anonymous 12/21/19(Sat)17:15:41 No.14393040
This is from wikipedia
Anonymous 12/21/19(Sat)17:16:50 No.14393045
Bump
Anonymous 12/21/19(Sat)17:17:29 No.14393050
>>14393035 (OP)
bump. excellent thread
Anonymous 12/21/19(Sat)17:18:27 No.14393058
>>14393035 (OP)
wow very based and redpilled my friend
Anonymous 12/21/19(Sat)17:20:40 No.14393070>>14393128 >>14393135
>4 replies 3 posters
Anonymous 12/21/19(Sat)17:32:04 No.14393128
>>14393070
Retroactive bump
Anonymous 12/21/19(Sat)17:33:02 No.14393135
>>14393070
No, there are seven posters

>> No.14393281

>>14393035
sick thread bro, upvoted

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>guenonfag still editing wikipedia

>> No.14393301

>>14393035
Kill your fucking self already

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Interesting and intellectual thread bros.

>> No.14393330

>>14393288
>retroactively
lol I was just pretending to be retarded

>> No.14393585

>>14393301
relax bro, like repeat some mantras or something

>> No.14393608

Do we not have a jannie anymore?

>> No.14393728

>>14393585
This. I had just been chanting "la illaha il allah" for the past hour and there is no feeling comparable to it

>> No.14393748

>>14393728
BASED

>> No.14394248

>>14393608
Bump

>> No.14394687

>>14393608
butterfly is still here isn't she

>> No.14395262

I counted 20 fucking guenon threads in the catalog and I probably missed some, I think the time has come to realize that our board is facing an existential thread that needs to purged mercilessly.

>> No.14395287

>>14395262
René Guénon work will save the world. Why are you seething?