René Guénon
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 74 years ago |
| Date of birth | November 15,1886 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | Blois |
| France | |
| Date of died | January 7,1951 |
| Died | Cairo |
| Egypt | |
| Influenced by | Plato |
| Ibn Arabi | |
| Aristotle | |
| Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz | |
| Laozi | |
| Plotinus | |
| Adi Shankara | |
| Joseph de Maistre | |
| Ivan Aguéli | |
| Parents | Anna-Léontine Jolly |
| Jean-Baptiste Guénon | |
| Job | Author |
| Philosopher | |
| Education | University of Paris |
| School | Advaita Vedanta; Sufism; Nondualism; Platonism; Traditionalism |
| Interests | Metaphysics; Symbology; Mythology; Esoterism; Gnosticism; History; Freemasonry; Mathematics; Social Criticism |
| Influences | Plato |
| Ibn Arabi | |
| Aristotle | |
| Ivan Aguéli | |
| Full name | René-Jean-Marie-Joseph Guénon |
| Books | The Crisis of the Modern World |
| Le roi du monde | |
| Man and His Becoming According to the Vedanta | |
| The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times | |
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| ID | 1710218 |
René Guénon Life story
René Jean-Marie-Joseph Guénon, also known as Abdalwâhid Yahiâ was a French intellectual who remains an influential figure in the domain of metaphysics, having written on topics ranging from esotericism, "sacred science" and "traditional studies" to symbolism and initiation.