Prof. Dr. Roland Pietsch
René Guénon, known in the Islamic world as Shaykh ´Abd al Wāḥid Yaḥyā (1886–1951), was one of the most important representatives of the Sophia perennis (Guénon 2001a: 77, Schuon 1979: 133–137) in the twentieth century.
His works are mainly concerned with a profound critique of the modern world from a metaphysical point of view, a renewed exposition of the immutable principles of universal metaphysics, the traditional sciences and finally symbolism. (mehr …)