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Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Photograph of Seyyed Hossein Nasr
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Photographed in his lifetime.

From His Tongueمِنْ كَلَامِهِ

There is nothing more timely than the Timeless.

Knowing, in its highest sense, is identity with the object of knowledge.

The possibility of negating the Truth in the human order is the origin of ugliness.

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Of His Generationمِنْ طَبَقَتِهِ

Frithjof Schuonhis mentor