Theuth Versus Thamus: The Esoteric Plato Revisited

Theuth Versus Thamus: The Esoteric Plato Revisited

The distinction between esoteric and exoteric readings of Plato will be revisited in this article with respect to two esoteric approaches: the German Tübingen School and the American Straussians (i.e., those interpreters who have been inspired by the work of Leo Strauss). There appears to be a joint motivation for these two approaches, namely, the critique of writing in the dialogue Phaedrus an...

Plato Revisited Learning Through Listening in the Digital World

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Plato Revisited: Learning Through Listening in the Digital World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 How New Technologies Are Changing Our View of What Listening Is . . . . . . . . . . . 2 How New Technologies Are Changing the Relationship Between Literacy and Listening 6 How New Technologies Are Changing What a...

The TRITON versus PLATO trials: differences beyond platelet inhibition.

Clopidogrel monopoly as an exclusive oral antiplatelet agent used in combination with aspirin or as a monotherapy for treatment or/and prevention of occlusive thrombotic vascular events has been recently challenged. Based on the indirect comparison of TRITON and PLATO trial data, ticagrelor is clearly superior to prasugrel in a population of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) because o...

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The nature and consequences of informational differences in exoteric versus esoteric spiritual practices

Two broadly different approaches to spiritual practice exist within virtually every religious tradition. Though the specific characterization and evaluation of these different practices vary among authors, their general nature is reasonably clear. The exoteric path represents the more conventional approach to religion involving ongoing participation in the practices and activities of an establi...