Aldous Huxley

The Perennial Philosophy (eBook, ePUB)

An Interpretation of the Great Mystics, East and West

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An inspired gathering of
religious writings that reveals the "divine reality" common to all
faiths, collected by Aldous Huxley

"The Perennial
Philosophy," Aldous Huxley writes, "may be found among the
traditional lore of peoples in every region of the world, and in its fully
developed forms it has a place in every one of the higher religions."

With great wit and stunning
intellectdrawing on a diverse array of faiths, including Zen Buddhism,
Hinduism, Taoism, Christian mysticism, and IslamHuxley examines the spiritual
beliefs of various religious traditions and explains how they are united by a
common human yearning to experience the divine. The Perennial Philosophy includes
selections from Meister Eckhart, Rumi, and Lao Tzu, as well as the Bhagavad
Gita, Tibetan Book of the Dead, Diamond Sutra, and Upanishads, among many
others.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780061893315
• Artikelnr.: 37986693

Autorenporträt

Aldous Huxley (18941963) is the author of the classic novels Brave New World, Island, Eyeless in Gaza, and The Genius and the Goddess, as well as such critically acclaimed nonfiction works as The Perennial Philosophy and The Doors of Perception. Born in Surrey, England, and educated at Oxford, he died in Los Angeles, California.