Breakfast discussion with my spouse on the roots of hermetical systems, including in science. Connections between #Helenism, #Humanitarianism and #Enlightenment carry some baggage from #Esotericism - that's also in the believe in "ars inveniendi" and "ars iudicandi", and later in scientific method, including in our days.
Hanegraaff, Wouter J. "The pagan who came from the East: George Gemistos Plethon and Platonic orientalism." Hermes in the Academy (2009): 33.
The below paper by Hanegraaff provides very interesting insights into the advent or #Esotericism in the #renaissance.
In my opinion, the expressed trust in the distance of #Enlightenment to #Helenism is difficult to justify, given the widespread belief in #MosGeometricus, and superior wisdom of #geometers in antiquity.
#magic #Platonism #Paganism
Hanegraaff, Wouter J. "The pagan who came from the East: George Gemistos Plethon and Platonic orientalism." Hermes in the Academy (2009): 33.
Thomas