Coomaraswamy: Volume 3: His Life and Work (Bollingen Series) [Hardcover]

Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy (Author), Roger Lipsey (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 334 pages
• Publisher: Princeton University Press (January 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0691099316
• ISBN-13: 978-0691099316
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,914,848 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Metaphysics in the 20th Century????, June 7, 1999

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This review is from: Coomaraswamy, Volume One: Selected Papers, Traditional Art And Symbolism (Hardcover)

A fabulous collection of one of America's most gifted writers, METAPHYSICS is a collection of essays that Coomaraswamy authored throughout his life, reflecting a deep understanding of primarily the Greek and Indian traditions and to a lesser extent Islam. Coomoraswamy was a firm beleiver in the sophia perrenis, or perennial philosophy which is the metaphysical truth encapsulated in all of the traditions of humankind. For him the forms or dogmas varied, but such variations were like different beads of a string, a string which connected the dogams together and flowed through them. This recurring wisdom was found in every known civilization; a wisdom which included among its protagonists Plato, Lao Tzu, Rumi, Shankara and Eckhart, to name but a few. Any reader of METAPHYSICS will be impressed by the author's stunning mastery of language and aesthetical style of weaving words together to form some of the most moving and beautifull prose of this century.

Other authors of who have made arguments along similar lines as Coomaraswamy are Frithjof Schuon and Hustom Smith.