The Esoteric Plato

02/25/18 • 35 min

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Podcast episodes – The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP)

Plato was long considered an esoteric author who hid his true doctrines within his dialogues. We look at some of the reasons for his reputation as the esoteric author par excellence, and discuss modern academic debates around the ‘esoteric question’.

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