Philosophia Perennis: the term was coined by Leibiz, but the concept is immemorial and universal.
It is the metaphysics that recognizes a divine reality in the world of things, lives and minds; the psychology that finds in the soul something similar to divine reality; the ethics that put the ultimate purpose of man in the knowledge of the immanent and transcendent basis of every being.
Rudiments of Perennial Philosophy can be found in the traditions of primitive peoples in all parts of the world.
The first written versions of this common factor of all theologies date back twenty-five centuries, and since then the subject has been dealt with again and again by all religious traditions.
Aldous Huxley has collected in this volume the writings that better illustrate the idea of Perennial Philosophy, but also the most noteworthy for its beauty and memorability.
