Sufism: Veil and Quintessence : A New Translation with Selected Letters : Includes Other Previously Unpublished Writings

FOREWORD; EDITOR'S PREFACE; PREFACE; Ellipsis and Hyperbolism in Arab Rhetoric; The Exo-Esoteric Symbiosis; Paradoxes of an Esoterism; Human Premises of a Religious Dilemma; Tracing the Notion of Philosophy; The Quintessential Esoterism of Islam; Hypostatic Dimensions of Unity; APPENDIX; EDITOR'S NOTES; GLOSSARY OF FOREIGN TERMS AND PHRASES; INDEX; BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES.;This new edition of perennial philosopher Frithjof Schuon's Sufism: Veil and Quintessence is a fully revised translation from the French original and contains an extensive Appendix with previously unpublished selections from Schuon's letters and other private writings. In seven articles Schuon makes the critical distinction between an "absolute" Islam and a "contingent" Islam, thus distinguishing between the message of Islam in itself, and the pious Arab expressions of that message, which by their style of rhetoric have a tendency to veil it. Ellipsis And Hyperbolism In Arab Rhetoric -- The Exo-esoteric Symbiosis -- Paradoxes Of An Esoterism -- Human Premises Of A Religious Dilemma -- Tracing The Notion Of Philosophy -- The Quintessential Esoterism Of Islam -- Hypostatic Dimensions Of Unity -- Appendix : Selections From Letters And Other Previously Unpublished Writings. By Frithjof Schuon ; Edited By James S. Cutsinger ; Foreword By Seyyed Hossein Nasr. Includes Other Previously Unpublished Writings. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "This revised and expanded edition of Frithjof Schuon's Sufism: Veil and Quintessence contains: a new translation of this classic work; previously unpublished correspondence by Frithjob Schuon; an editor's preface by James S. Cutsinger; a new foreword by Seyyed Hossein Nasr; extensive editor's notes by James S. Cutsinger; a glossary of foreign terms and phrases; an index; and biographical notes."--Jacket This new edition of Frithjof Schuon's important work, Sufism: Veil and Quintessence, is a fully revised translation from the French original and has an extensive Appendix containing previously unpublished letters and other private writings.