Thomas James
@ThomJamesF
flânerie | philosophy | via deorum
"But it's a beautiful thing to strive after the beautiful, and to suffer whatever we have to suffer along the way." Plato, Phaedrus, 274b
Ultimately, we can largely blame Gemistus Plethon for the Enlightenment and the apostasy of so many in Christian societies from Christianity today, as well as the proliferation of Masonic organizations and secret societies worshipping pagan gods and practicing Hermeticism.
Ultimately, we can largely blame Gemistus Plethon for the Enlightenment and the apostasy of so many in Christian societies from Christianity today, as well as the proliferation of Masonic organizations and secret societies worshipping pagan gods and practicing Hermeticism.
'in speaking we have men as teachers, but in keeping silent we have gods, and we receive from them this lesson of silence at initiations into the Mysteries.' (Plutarch, De garrulitate 505F)
"Not unto everyone doth Apollo appear, but unto him that is good. Whoso hath seen Apollo, he is great; whoso hath not seen him, he is of low estate. We shall see thee, O Archer, and we shall never be lowly." Callimachus, Hymn to Apollo
Imagine reading Aristotle's commentary on the Iliad.
Alexander was by nature a lover of literature and learning. He considered the Iliad a treasure of martial virtue; he had received it from Aristotle, who had edited it with explanations. He always kept it, along with his dagger, under his pillow. -Plutarch, Alexander [8.2]
"Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame upon us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given." Odyssey, 1.32
"Proclus’ hymns have much to offer, both for the philosophic understanding that draws the soul upstream to the place of intellect, and for the pious theological aspirations that draw the soul all the way to her source in the Gods themselves."
Swimming Through Proclus' Hymns (David Nowakowski) open.substack.com/pub/northernwi…
So, let me get this straight: we have reusable rockets, maglev trains, robots doing ballet, self-driving cars, and revolutionary cryptocurrencies. And yet our public art and architecture are still stuck on nonsense? Nah, that wasn't the future I signed up for. Let's turn this…
Okay but like, why *does* anything exist at all
Okay but like, why *does* anything exist at all
Honoring our Platonic Ancestors: Thomas Taylor open.substack.com/pub/northernwi…
When the desire to stage a shocking and edgy production leads to a less shocking and edgy result than the original, which was written 2,430 years ago.
The "Platoneia" at the Academy, from Polymnia Athanassiadi's Mutations of Hellenism in Late Antiquity.
