ISLAMIC ARCHIVESThe Multiple States of BeingRené Guénon / ʿAbd al-Wāḥid Yaḥyā

Published: 1932
Original title: Les États multiples de l'être
Language: French
Type: Book
Rights: Read at the source · Original text in the public domain in most countries (author d. 1951); later translations may still be in copyright.

PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY 1924–1947

The Multiple States of Being

Name: The Multiple States of Being
Author: René Guénon / ʿAbd al-Wāḥid Yaḥyā

Les États multiples de l'être

René Guénon / ʿAbd al-Wāḥid Yaḥyā

Sets out Guénon's general metaphysics of the Infinite and of the hierarchy of states of existence, completing the doctrine sketched in The Symbolism of the Cross.

Keywords: Les États multiples de l'être, metaphysics, Infinite, possibility, degrees of being

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (French original)

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Yaḥyā, René Guénon / ʿAbd al-Wāḥid. The Multiple States of Being. 1932. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/works/guenon-the-multiple-states-of-being/