René Guénon
French metaphysician, philosopher and writer (1886–1951) associated with the Traditionalist School; known for works on symbolism, metaphysics and a critique of modernity. He lived in Cairo from 1930 and converted to Islam.
Books
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1. The Metaphysical Principles Of The Infinitesimal Calculus
A concise metaphysical critique arguing that the concepts underlying infinitesimal calculus—continuity, the infinitesimal, limit and differentiation—express deeper ontological and symbolic principles rooted in traditional doctrine, which modern mathematical formalism has abstracted away; the work contrasts a qualitative, hierarchical vision of Being with the quantitative, reductionist approach of contemporary science and contends that a proper comprehension of calculus requires recovering its transcendent, metaphysical context rather than treating infinitesimals as mere technical artifices.
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