Frithjof Schuon Archive

The man in whose soul the Intellect has awokenCan, and must, think completely independently;Not so the pseudo-philosopher —All he can do is to drown the truth in his foolishness.Quod licet Jovi, numquam licet bovi:“What is lawful for Jupiter, is not lawful for the...

One talks of “putting the cart before the horse”—This is precisely what crude pragmatism does;It thinks that twisting things is philosophy.I call it simply willful satanism.To invert everything that is naturalIs to collaborate with the devil’s ruse.

For the knights of old it was a dutyTo redress wrongs on our earth —This was the noble purpose of the hero;The sage too must care for what is right.The knight sought to rescue women from distress;The sage’s battle must be for the Truth.

Soma, psyche, pneuma: wherever the Spirit appears,That which accompaniest it, is born of the Spirit.The human body is spirit in its fashionAnd was chosen by the Spirit to be Its symbol.In the world, the body is the journeyOf the Spirit through earthly existence.The...