We discuss three of the most important thinkers from the final generations of philosophical teaching at Alexandria. One is an upstart Christian. Two are esoteric Platonists of the Golden Chain. One may or may not have been an alchemist.

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

Earl Fontainelle

Contested Esotericisms at the End of Antiquity: Simplicius, Philoponus, and Olympiodorus

OCT 16, 202460 MIN
Podcast episodes – The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP)

Contested Esotericisms at the End of Antiquity: Simplicius, Philoponus, and Olympiodorus

OCT 16, 202460 MIN

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We discuss three of the most important thinkers from the final generations of philosophical teaching at Alexandria. One is an upstart Christian. Two are esoteric Platonists of the Golden Chain. One may or may not have been an alchemist.