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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 61. Chapters: People from Blois, People from Vendome, Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin, Louis XII of France, Denis Papin, Pierre de Ronsard, Jean du Bellay, Rene Guenon, Alexander of Lincoln, Marguerite Louise d'Orleans, Aly Cissokho, Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, Renee of France, Sonia Bompastor, Louise Marguerite of Lorraine, Philippe Aries, Georges d'Amboise, Jacques Nicolas Augustin Thierry, Charles, Duke of Vendome, Thomas de Mahy, marquis de Favras, Joseph Paul-Boncour, Hildebert, Edouard Dujardin, Louis, Prince of Conde, Jacques de Morgan, Mary of Bourbon, Simon Gribelin, Amedee Simon Dominique Thierry, Etienne Baudet, Alain Chevallier, Pierre Bretonneau, Henri Chapron, Olivier Chevallier, Francois Chereau, Joan of Valois, Duchess of Alencon, Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, Paul de Beauvilliers, 2nd duc de Saint-Aignan, Jacques Adam, Aime Charles Irvoy, Charles d'Amboise, Jacques Chereau, Ange-Francois Fariau, Alfred Jean Halou, Jean Laigret, Pierre Martin Remi Aucher-Eloy, Jacob Bunel, Charles Le Myre de Vilers, Florimond de Beaune, Jacques-Francois Amand, Gaetan Cathelineau. Excerpt: Rene Guenon (November 15, 1886 - January 7, 1951), also known as Shaykh Abd al-Wahid Yahya was a French author and intellectual who remains an influential figure in the domain of metaphysics, having written on topics ranging from metaphysics, sacred science and traditional studies to symbolism and initiation. In his writings, he proposes either "to expose directly some aspects of Eastern metaphysical doctrines," these doctrines being defined by him as of "universal character," or "to adapt these same doctrines for Western readers while keeping strictly faithful to their spirit"; he only endorsed the act of "handing down" these Eastern doctrines, while reiterating their "non-personal character." He wrote and published in French and h...
