Quote of the day
What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
René Guénon
Born: November 15, 1886
Died: January 7, 1951 (aged 64)
Bio: René Guénon, also known as "Shaykh Abd al-Wahid Yahya", was a French author and intellectual who wrote on topics ranging from metaphysics, "sacred science" and traditional studies to symbolism and initiation.
Known for:
- The Crisis of the Modern World (1942)
- The Symbolism of the Cross
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