La Grande Triade
By: René Guénon
4.40
Format: 207 pages, Paperback
«Il Cielo copre, la Terra sostiene» dice un’antica sentenza cinese. Il cielo è la «perfezione attiv…
Want to Read $ 7.99"A ce propos, il y aurait lieu de se poser certaines questions assez curieuses : ainsi, on pourrait se demander pourquoi la langue chinoise représente symboliquement l’indéfini par le nombre dix mille ; l’expression « les dix mille êtres », par exemple, signifie tous les êtres, qui sont réellement en multitude indéfinie ou « innombrable ». Ce qui est très remarquable, c’est que la même chose précisément se produit aussi en grec, où un seul mot, avec une simple différence d’accentuation... sert également à exprimer à la fois l’une et l’autre de ces deux idées : μύριοι, dix mille ; μυρίοι, une indéfinité."-René Guénon, La Grande Triade
"A ce propos, il y aurait lieu de se poser certaines questions assez curieuses : ainsi, on pourrait se demander pourquoi la langue chinoise représente symboliquement l’indéfini par le nombre dix mille ; l’expression « les dix mille êtres », par exemple, signifie tous les êtres, qui sont réellement en multitude indéfinie ou « innombrable ». Ce qui est très remarquable, c’est que la même chose précisément se produit aussi en grec, où un seul mot, avec une simple différence d’accentuation... sert également à exprimer à la fois l’une et l’autre de ces deux idées : μύριοι, dix mille ; μυρίοι, une indéfinité."-René Guénon, La Grande Triade
"À l’époque primordiale, l’homme était, en lui-même, parfaitement équilibré quant au complémentarisme du yin et du yang ; d’autre part, il était yin ou passif par rapport au Principe seul, et yang ou actif par rapport au Cosmos ou à l’ensemble des choses manifestées ; il se tournait donc naturellement vers le Nord, qui est yin, comme vers son propre complémentaire. Au contraire, l’homme des époques ultérieures, par suite de la dégénérescence spirituelle qui correspond à la marche descendante du cycle, est devenu yin par rapport au Cosmos ; il doit donc se tourner vers le Sud, qui est yang, pour en recevoir les influences du principe complémentaire de celui qui est devenu prédominant en lui, et pour rétablir, dans la mesure du possible, l’équilibre entre le yin et le yang. La première de ces deux orientations peut être dite « polaire », tandis que la seconde est proprement « solaire » : dans le premier cas, l’homme, regardant l’Étoile polaire ou le « faîte du Ciel », a l’Est à sa droite et l’Ouest à sa gauche ; dans le second cas, regardant le Soleil au méridien, il a au contraire l’Est à sa gauche et l’Ouest à sa droite ; et ceci donne l’explication d’une particularité qui, dans la tradition extrême-orientale, peut paraître assez étrange à ceux qui n’en connaissent pas la raison"-René Guénon, La Grande Triade
"À l’époque primordiale, l’homme était, en lui-même, parfaitement équilibré quant au complémentarisme du yin et du yang ; d’autre part, il était yin ou passif par rapport au Principe seul, et yang ou actif par rapport au Cosmos ou à l’ensemble des choses manifestées ; il se tournait donc naturellement vers le Nord, qui est yin, comme vers son propre complémentaire. Au contraire, l’homme des époques ultérieures, par suite de la dégénérescence spirituelle qui correspond à la marche descendante du cycle, est devenu yin par rapport au Cosmos ; il doit donc se tourner vers le Sud, qui est yang, pour en recevoir les influences du principe complémentaire de celui qui est devenu prédominant en lui, et pour rétablir, dans la mesure du possible, l’équilibre entre le yin et le yang. La première de ces deux orientations peut être dite « polaire », tandis que la seconde est proprement « solaire » : dans le premier cas, l’homme, regardant l’Étoile polaire ou le « faîte du Ciel », a l’Est à sa droite et l’Ouest à sa gauche ; dans le second cas, regardant le Soleil au méridien, il a au contraire l’Est à sa gauche et l’Ouest à sa droite ; et ceci donne l’explication d’une particularité qui, dans la tradition extrême-orientale, peut paraître assez étrange à ceux qui n’en connaissent pas la raison"-René Guénon, La Grande Triade
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28. README.txt
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4.06
Format: 154 pages, Unknown Binding
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4.18
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31. La Grande Triade
By: René Guénon
4.40
Format: 207 pages, Paperback
«Il Cielo copre, la Terra sostiene» dice un’antica sentenza cinese. Il cielo è la «perfezione attiv… read more
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