Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy was a multi-talented researcher, scientist, linguist, expert on culture and art, philosopher, museum curator, and author. He was the first well-known author of the modern era to expound the importance of traditional arts, culture, and thought as more than simply relics of a bygone past. Dr. Coomaraswamy is often credited with reintroducing the concept of the “Perennial Philosophy” to a West dazed by the endless multiplicity of the modern world. A. K. Coomaraswamy is widely considered one of the three most important writers in the Perennialist School. References to his life and work, including excerpts from his writings, are cited in many articles and books presented on this site.
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