The double mission of man: to know the Absolute from the standpoint of the contingent, and to manifest the Absolute within the contingent. (Frithjof Schuon)

The double mission of man: to know the Absolute from the standpoint of the contingent, and to manifest the Absolute within the contingent.

Frithjof Schuon

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