Abd al-Wahid Yahya
E637805
Abd al-Wahid Yahya is the Islamic name and pseudonym adopted by French metaphysician and esotericist René Guénon after his conversion to Islam and move to Egypt.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Muslim convert
ⓘ
Traditionalist School philosopher ⓘ esotericist ⓘ metaphysician ⓘ person ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
René Guénon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shaykh Abd al-Wahid Yahya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | René Jean Marie Joseph Guénon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Cairo, Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conversionContext | after moving to Egypt ⓘ |
| convertedTo | Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| criticized |
materialism
ⓘ
modernism ⓘ secularism ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1886-11-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1951-01-07 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comparative religion
ⓘ
esotericism ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ traditionalism ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frithjof Schuon NERFINISHED ⓘ Julius Evola NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Lings NERFINISHED ⓘ Seyyed Hossein Nasr NERFINISHED ⓘ Titus Burckhardt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Arabic
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| movedTo | Cairo, Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Traditionalist School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
critique of the reign of quantity
ⓘ
doctrine of multiple states of being ⓘ primacy of metaphysical principles over modern science ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Aperçus sur l'ésotérisme islamique et le taoïsme
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Introduction générale à l'étude des doctrines hindoues NERFINISHED ⓘ L'Homme et son devenir selon le Vêdânta NERFINISHED ⓘ La Crise du monde moderne NERFINISHED ⓘ Le Règne de la Quantité et les Signes des Temps NERFINISHED ⓘ Orient et Occident NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalView | perennialism ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Blois, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Cairo, Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pseudonymOf | René Guénon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| residence | Cairo, Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Fatima (Egyptian wife) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.