Quotes About René Guénon

Let us add that nature is given its full significance only if it is looked at as offering us a means of rising up to the knowledge of divine truths, which is precisely the essential function which we have recognized in symbolism.

Let us note in this regard a rather interesting formulation cited by Valli: in all medieval (as opposed to modern) art, 'what is at stake is the incarnation of an idea, not the idealization of a reality';

J'avais déjà eu connaissance de l'extrait du Journal de Gide (vous savez sans doute qu'il est ici en ce moment) ; cela donne une bien triste idée de sa prétendue "intelligence" ! lettre du 30 janvier 1946 à un correspondant inconnu

It is curious to see how a science as 'positivist' as modern astronomy can occasion such extravagant daydreams

Cela ne m'étonne guère, car, au point de vue technique, l'ignorance de tous ces gens, à commencer par Frithjof Schuon lui-même, est véritablement effrayante…