The Multiple States of the Being
By René Guénon
Published: 1932
An ontological and metaphysical study exploring the concept of multiple states of existence and the nature of being, originally published in French as Les États multiples de l'être.
Chapters
Ch. 1
CONTENTS
Ch. 2
EDITORIAL NOTE
Ch. 3
THE WORKS OF RENÉ GUÉNON
Ch. 4
PREFACE
Ch. 5
1 INFINITY AND POSSIBILITY
Ch. 6
2 POSSIBLES AND COMPOSSIBLES
Ch. 7
3 BEING AND NON-BEING
Ch. 8
4 FOUNDATION OF THE THEORY OF THE MULTIPLE STATES
Ch. 9
5 RELATIONSHIPS OF UNITY AND MULTIPLICITY
Ch. 10
6 ANALOGOUS CONSIDERATIONS DRAWN FROM STUDY OF THE DREAM STATE
Ch. 11
7 THE POSSIBILITIES OF INDIVIDUAL CONSCIOUSNESS
Ch. 12
8 MENTALITY AS THE CHARACTERISTIC ELEMENT OF HUMAN INDIVIDUALITY
Ch. 13
9 THE HIERARCHY OF INDIVIDUAL FACULTIES
Ch. 14
10 THE LIMITS OF THE INDEFINITE
Ch. 15
11 PRINCIPLES OF DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE STATES OF BEING
Ch. 16
12 THE TWO CHAOSES
Ch. 17
13 THE SPIRITUAL HIERARCHIES
Ch. 18
REPLY TO OBJECTIONS DRAWN FROM THE PLURALITY OF BEINGS
Ch. 19
15 THE REALIZATION OF THE BEING THROUGH KNOWLEDGE
Ch. 20
KNOWLEDGE AND CONSCIOUSNESS
Ch. 21
NECESSITY AND CONTINGENCY
Ch. 22
18 THE METAPHYSICAL NOTION OF FREEDOM
Ch. 23