Sayyed Hossein Nasr Quotes on God
Sayyed Hossein Nasr is an Iranian-American Islamic philosopher, university professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University, and one of the leading living exponents of the perennialist or traditionalist school of religious philosophy. This page collects quotes attributed to Sayyed Hossein Nasr on the topic of god, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Sayyed Hossein Nasr:
“Modern man has forgotten that knowledge and the sacred were once one.”
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Attributed to Sayyed Hossein Nasr:
“The recovery of the sacred is the precondition of the recovery of nature.”
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Attributed to Sayyed Hossein Nasr:
“Every authentic civilization is the projection of a metaphysical principle into time.”
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“Knowledge and the Sacred , (1989) pp. 5-6”
Through the downward flow of the river of time and the multiple refractions and reflections of Reality upon the myriad mirrors of both macrocosmic and microcosmic manifestation, knowledge has become separated from being and the bliss or ecstasy which characterizes the union of knowledge and being. Knowledge has become nearly completely externalized and desacralized, especially among those segments -
“Consciousness is itself proof of the primacy of the Spirit or Divine Consciousness of which human consciousness is a reflection and echo.”
Knowledge and the Sacred , (1989) p. 8 -
“Knowledge and the Sacred , (1989) p. 8”
Consciousness is itself proof of the primacy of the Spirit or Divine Consciousness of which human consciousness is a reflection and echo. -
“Knowledge and the Sacred , (1989) pp. 8-9”
The reduction of the Intellect to reason and the limitation of intelligence to cunning and cleverness in the modern world not only caused sacred knowledge to become inaccessible and to some even meaningless, but it also destroyed that natural theology which in the Christian context represented at least a reflection of knowledge of a sacred order, of the wisdom or sapientia which was the central me -
“The testimony of the faith L¯a il¯aha illa’Ll¯ah (There is no divinity but the Divine) is a statement concerning knowledge, not sentiments or the will. It contains the quintessence of metaphysical knowledge concerning the Principle and its manifestation. The Prophet of Islam has said, “Say L¯a il¯aha illa’Ll¯ah and be delivered” referring directly to the sacramental quality of principial knowledge.”
Knowledge and the Sacred , (1989) p. 13 -
“Knowledge and the Sacred , (1989) p. 13”
The testimony of the faith L¯a il¯aha illa’Ll¯ah (There is no divinity but the Divine) is a statement concerning knowledge, not sentiments or the will. It contains the quintessence of metaphysical knowledge concerning the Principle and its manifestation. The Prophet of Islam has said, “Say L¯a il¯aha illa’Ll¯ah and be delivered” referring directly to the sacramental quality of principial knowledge