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Language of the Self: Essays on the Perennial Philosophy QUOTES

Language of the Self: Essays on the Perennial Philosophy QUOTES

1 " It goes without saying that it is the traditionally minded Hindu we have in view, and not one whose hereditary dispositions have deviated in an anti-traditional direction, to the point of proving that "corruptio optimi pessima." Hinduism, strictly speaking, has no "dogmas" in the sense that every concept may be denied, on condition that the argument used is intrinsically true; which amounts to saying that concepts can be denied from the standpoint of a higher level of truth, metaphysics standing above cosmology and realization above theory as such. However, on their own level, the scriptural symbols of Hinduism are just as immovable as the Semitic dogmas, and this excludes any fallacious comparison of Hindu doctrine with the opinions of philosophers. No orthodox Hindu can maintain that the Veda has been mistaken on any point whatsoever. "

― Frithjof Schuon , Language of the Self: Essays on the Perennial Philosophy

2 " In a general way cynicism seems to play an important part in a certain atheistical morality: virtue, it says, consists, not in dominating oneself and remaining silent, but in letting oneself run riot and proclaiming the fact from every housetop; every sin is good if boasted of with brutality; a struggle in silence is labelled “hypocrisy” because something remains concealed. To the same order of ideas belongs the belief that it is “ sincere ” or “realistic” to uncover cynically what nature keeps hidden as though nature acted without good purpose. "

― Frithjof Schuon , Language of the Self: Essays on the Perennial Philosophy