Perennial philosophy holds a benevolent view of the creation as a world of divine signs. This view includes a devotional and fantastical approach to creation, and it is this approach that defines the particular process of acknowledgement characterizing perennial philosophy. This perspective derives from the monotheism of revealed religions and is founded upon Judeo-Christian and Muslim theology. This pious and edifying theory accepts as its condition the theological interpretation of the created world as a system of divine signs. Since creation presupposes a creator, the theory indicates a certain knowledge of (1) the creator, (2) the plan for the world, (3) the act of creation, its aim and its end.
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(2004). Outlines of Perennial Philosophy. In: Philosophia perennis. International Archives Of The History Of Ideas, vol 189. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3067-3_2
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