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Man and Nature: The Spiritual Crisis in Modern Man

by Seyyed Hossein Nasr · 1976

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This is a spiritual tour de force which explores the relationship between Man and Nature as found in Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam, particularly its Sufi dimension.

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adult
Length
short · 151 pages

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