The Great God Pan Lives: Introducing the Athenian Academy
Podcast episodes – The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP) · 2024-02-28
We turn to the final flowering of polytheist Platonist philosophy, centred on Athens (and Alexandria). We review some useful historical data, discuss the history of ‘the Academy’ as a notional ‘school’ in antiquity, and introduce Plutarch of Athens and Syrianus, teachers of the great Proclus.
Podcast episodes – The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP)
Exploring the forgotten and rejected story of Western thought
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