René Guénon
Two chapters from East & West, transl. by Martin Lings.

The civilization of the modern West appears in history as a veritable anomaly. Among all those which are known to us more or less completely, this civilization is the only one that has developed along purely material lines.

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First published in 1924. Latest English publication by Sophia Perennis, Ghent, NY, 2001.
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