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290 - John Vervaeke - How to See the End of the World

The Symbolic World

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The Platonic Interpretation of Socrates

Socrates empties himself completely, knowing that he does not know. And then what he does is he is a way of imagining orienting to the good or the one. That's the neo-Platonic interpretation of Socrates. I'm not trying to build a cult around Socrates. But it's Socrates broadly construed for very much philosophical contemplation.

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