Who were some of the metaphysicians that influenced Schuon's views?
Plato, Plotinus, Adi Shankara, Meister Eckhart, Ibn Arabī
Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Augustine of Hippo
Bertrand Russell, Ayn Rand, Ludwig Wittgenstein
John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, David Hume
Answer
Schuon was influenced by a number of metaphysicians, including Plato, Plotinus, Adi Shankara, Meister Eckhart, and Ibn Arabī. These thinkers all shared a common interest in the nature of reality and the relationship between the individual and the Absolute. They also believed that the path to spiritual realization was through contemplation and the direct experience of the divine.
The Enlightened Odyssey: Unveiling the Life and Works of Frithjof Schuon
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