René GUÉNON (1886-1951), philosophe. - Lot 11

René GUÉNON (1886-1951), philosophe. L.A.S., Cairo, February 24, 1935 ? 4 pages in-8°. Illness has delayed his work on Le Voile d'Isis... "Yes, this rising tide of phantasmagoria of all kinds, which moreover goes quite well with the prevailing materialism, is rather strikingly reminiscent of the end of the eighteenth century, and also, it seems to me, of Roman decadence. It's not true to say that history repeats itself, because no two things can ever be identical, but there are at least similarities, situations that seem to correspond to each other, taking into account the difference in circumstances of time and place. This can also happen on different scales, as it were: analogy of the phases of the great historical cycles and that of their subdivisions..."... He was very interested in the article on dowsing. Attached: a L.A.S. from Michel DEBRÉ (1970) evoking the memory of the Viscountess of Poix in Luynes.