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[Anonymous No.19559202]

Is this really the best place to start with Guenon?
Recently found The Reign of Quantity in a thrift store and wondering what else I should read to understand Guenon's Perennialism

[Anonymous No.19559206]

>>19559202
Wondering if this chart holds water or not.

[Anonymous No.19559215]

Start with Parmenides

[Anonymous No.19559221]

>>19559215
Already read him.

[Anonymous No.19559237]

>>19559202
Honestly just follow the chart, thats what I did and he changed the way I view a lot of things. Not that ive completely adopted his ideas but hes helped me learn a lot. Read the initial 6 or 7 that it tells you.

[Anonymous No.19559241]

>>19559237
Favourite book by him?

[Anonymous No.19559528]

>>19559202
>>19559206
Yes that's a decent chart. Start with Introduction to the hindu doctrines and get a understanding of what Guenon means by Tradition, and how he approaches his comparative studies in religion compared to western academia. After that go for Crisis of the modern world for an outline of his critique of modernity. That's what I've done and it's worked well for me, going to start with The reign of quantity soon

[Anonymous No.19559673]

The paths of the other chart are better but I like this one too because it says what the books are about

[Anonymous No.19559723]

on metaphysics:
https://traditionalhikma.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/The-Logic-of-the-Absolute-the-Metaphysical-Writings-of-Rene-Guenon-by-Peter-Samsel-.pdf

on mathematical and geometrical symbolism:
https://ur.booksc.org/book/75615674/d8c1d8

if you know french you could read Jean-Marc Vivenza's "Le Dictionnaire de René Guénon"

[Anonymous No.19559742]

>>19559723
>Le Dictionnaire de René Guénon
Hope there will be an english translation one day