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John Vervaeke - Dialogos, Wisdom and Science

Anagoge Podcast

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The Problem With Conceptual Vocabulary

A lot of times wo use older words to try to recuperate their original meaning. But the problem with that conceptual vocabulary is that it becomes increasingly abstract and increasegly distant. Part of what religion mythology used to do is that it brings all this meaning of really high ends philosophy and theology into a narrative. We lost that now because we can't understand stories as theyre meant to be understood. So how do you fix that? Becausee need the meaning and the power.

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