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perennial philosophy  

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  • The perennial philosophy, or philosophia perennis, may be understood as a self-consistent metaphysical and ultimately soteriological doctrine regarding the nature of reality, which has been re-adumbrated in various formulations both historically and cross-culturally. In popular use, it has come to imply the common philosophical themes that underlie the diversity of the world's religious traditions.The Term Philosophia PerennisHistorical OriginThe first historical use of the term philosophia perennis has been traced to the 16th-century Vatican librarian Agostino Steuco, who authored a seminal work of that title. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Perennial Philosophy]

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