Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy (1987-1947) was one of the bestminds that India has produced in the 20th Century. By profession anart critic and a museum curator, Ananda K. Coomaraswamy wasalso a masterful exponent of metaphysics.This book is a compilation of quotations from his works andletters, and it constitutes a good introduction to his thought. Histheories are here applied to concrete situations, related to the problemsof modern India, and could still suggest a third way to avoid boththe traps of modern technocracy and the temptation offundamentalism. It should not surprise us that his views are stillrelevant to the present situation: his opinions are rooted in truthsthat are neither political nor historical, neither ideological, or simplyreligious, nor even merely intellectual. They are rather related tothat inner wisdom that embraces, without crushing it, all thedistinctiveness of human experience.
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