
Wouter Hanegraaff on Western Esotericism
Podcast episodes – The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP)
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Is Plato Really a Philosopher?
Plato as not only a philosopher but also a religious or spiritual thinker. The understanding of what a search for wisdom really is is present very clearly in Plato. In Platonic orientalism the assumption is that the ultimate source of this divine wisdom is somewhere in the east. And sometimes the ultimate source is found in Persia with Sorer-Buster. Others say that the origin is in Egypt and then it's usually Hermes, Trismidius, the thrice greatest Hermes. Yet others were saying no it's in the Hebrews that's in Moses. But it's always said that these are non-Greek people. It's not Greek anyway.
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