RENE GUENON 1

Rene Guenon, Introduction to the Study of the Hindu Doctrines (Collected Works of Rene Guenon), translated from the French by Marco Pallis (Hillsdale, NY: Sophia Perennis, 1921, 2001) ("Another important point [] is that theological conceptions, not being beyond the reach of individual variations, as are pure metaphysical conceptions, can vary from one individual to another, and these variations are inevitably center around divergencies concerning the most fundamental conception of all, namely the very conception of Divinity: those who discuss such matters as the 'proof of God existence'. if they hope to understand one another, should first of all make sure that in uttering the same word 'God' they really are intending to express an identical conception; they would often discover that this is far from being the case, so that they have no better chances of reaching agreement than if they were speaking different languages. It is especially in this realm of individual variations for which official and instructed theology must however in no wise bear the blame, that a pre-eminently anti-metaphysical tendency is revealed, commonly to be found among Westerners, and which properly speaking constitutes 'anthropomorphism'..." Id. at 84-95.).