The Platonic Philosopher's Creed

[@Bildgesmythe]

Who would have dreamed you could get classical education for free on KZbin! What a collaboration, thank you all!

[@TheModernHermeticist]

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[@alohm]

The only way, is the autodidact's way, today...

[@Kid_Ikaris]

​@@alohm I was reading some Böhme the other day and I gotta say, being an autodidact has always been where it's at.

[@Magik1369]

Excellent video. The Platonic philosophy is the basis of all Western thought and religions. When a person experiences authentic spiritual awakening and encounters the Light directly, most of these truths are revealed, thus affirming from direct experience the truth of these principals and teachings.

[@eunoiaeudaimonia6829]

Onwards to The Good, The True, The One. Thank you.

[@SeekersofUnity]

This is superb work Dr A. It's a pleasure to be demiurging along with you and the rest of the pantheon. Viva la religious studies tube ;)

[@TheModernHermeticist]

Glad you enjoyed it Zevi! I hope it's a worthwhile contribution to the collab.

[@ramkitty]

demiurging is an awesome word (literally too), whimsical with a little autotheism

[@Bildgesmythe]

Yes! I can't help but think how much a lecture series like this would cost at university! Thanks

[@daledheyalef]

Thomas Taylor is the GOAT

[@TheModernHermeticist]

He really is.

[@drangelapuca]

Very fascinating, Dan! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[@TheModernHermeticist]

Thanks Angela, I really enjoyed making this one. Bringing Thomas Taylor into the modern world is a great delight. I hope all our projects do well!

[@JDG602]

Thomas Taylor is one of the most interesting scholars there is in my opinion. I have some Platonist leanings so that might be a bit biased, but his work was vital to bring Plato to the English world. Even to this day, he is widely read for his dedication and love of Platonism, and to be honest, the fact that the very few and newer translations of the Platonists are unaffordable for many. This is a really cool video I appreciate your readings of great works of philosophy and esotericism it is a nice change from people speaking about the texts and letting the texts speak for themselves.

[@TheModernHermeticist]

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[@johnnewton8017]

The Thomas Taylor material is a gold mine.

[@ryanhelmer9369]

I copy the best literature in Journals for later reading. MUCH APPRECIATED!

[@iamblichus5318]

It’s funny you should post this because over the last month I have been thinking about this creed and printed it out to gain a greater familiarity with it. Thank you for the video.

[@bodamian_bg]

Thanks a thousand, as well for sharing the link to the pdf file! And I will take the liberty of quoting You - it was a /great delight/ to be a part of Your audience this evening.

[@moiz85]

I won't pretend I understood all of that but what I did was beautiful

[@ANava-mp4db]

Truth❤

[@Pl4sm0]

Let's Talk Religion and The Kybalion brought me here, let's expand my knowledge and experience

[@TheModernHermeticist]

Welcome aboard!

[@suntansuperran]

Amazing collaboration. Thank you

[@isaacmaxham6804]

I wanna have a beer with this Thomas Taylor.

[@marcoslimacerqueira7548]

@MN8DK He can offer libations.

[@margaretwhitmer2715]

Poor Plotinus. Maybe if he'd taken better care of his body and eaten better he wouldn't have been sick so much. Just because the body is imperfect doesn't mean it doesn't deserve care and love from its possessor (imo).

[@steveclark8538]

Awesome - love the whole series too!

[@MicheleRenee18]

Your delivery and use of art is breathtaking ❤🙏🏼🌞✨🎁🥹

[@TheModernHermeticist]

Thank you. Cheers!

[@alyosha5109]

Excellent, excellent... thank you sir. 🙏🔥☀

[@TheModernHermeticist]

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[@carlmorrison9789]

It is a pleasure to listen. Thank you for making these available. 🌞

[@TheModernHermeticist]

Thanks for listening

[@DaveTheTurd]

This is a tremendous resource. Perhaps if I watch/listen 100 times, I will begin to understand what the heck all this is saying, lol....

[@jmontoya4689]

Here from the collaboration

[@TheModernHermeticist]

Welcome

[@IpsissimusPrime]

Awesome!! This is such a surprise contribution to this collaboration. How interesting, and dialectically refreshing, to see someone actually refer to Thomas Taylor, a classicist with a strong mystical bent who was subsequently shadowed by the more academic F.M. Cornford. A significant number of Taylor’s writings are available through the Prometheus Trust, for those interested.

[@dynamic9016]

Thanks much for this video.

[@TheModernHermeticist]

🙏 Thanks for watching

[@timnizle1]

🦤Awesome as always, allways 🦤

[@georgejungle7016]

In the beginning there was the word

[@stage274]

Fantastic!

[@Son_of_zeus]

i am a citizen of the world. i observe, learn, interact, and experience this world through my senses. i walk the path of virtue and embody my philosophy. i believe in and honor the old gods. the gods of plato, socrates, and Aristotle. the gods of Pericles, Alexander, and Leonidas. the gods who illuminate the cosmos and give purpose to all things. i do my best to live righteous and honorable. my enemies are corporeal vices and irrational impulses. my allies are virtue, stoicism, and sound judgment. i maintain my body, mind, and spirit. through exercise, studies, and prayer. i revere nature and its divine beauty. i respect all living things. i honor my ancestors and their traditions. i will always be grateful for what the fates give and take away. i am committed to the never-ending pursuit of virtue. Wisdom, Justice, Courage, Piety and temperance are my pillars. i am a defender of freedom and democracy. i remain steadfast in these beliefs. I will live my life accordingly. until my time comes to pay the ferryman, i will uphold this sacred way of life. For i am a citizen of the world.

[@PavaniGanga]

Thank you! It is a benefit to me that you have transmitted Thomas Taylor's Platonic Creed, previously unknown to me. I have downloaded a pdf to contemplate it further. As a follower of a monist spiritual tradition developed in India ("Pratyabhijna" of the Kashmiri philosopher Utpaladeva), I am keen to study a philosophical summary such as this.

[@TheModernHermeticist]

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[@joaol.3986]

Bravo!

[@FraterRC]

Tres bien, encroyable mon frere Canadienne! ;D

[@SeiroosFardipour-wf4bi]

That is why originally there were 22 letters in alpha ba

[@agucci]

Very good creed. The creed of the Law.

[@Prudenthermit]

Thank you so much 🥰👐

[@TheModernHermeticist]

Thanks for listening Prudence.

[@thestevepbrady]

The undefinable "One" sounds an awful lot like the Taoist view of the Tao. This is a good thing by the way.

[@mlovecraftr]

What is the name of the green painting behind Thomas Taylor?

[@star_punk-zero8049]

Great reading as always Mr. Atrell. I have one question, it seems that Taylor has no problem of having multiple divine entities in his cosmology, given his Christianity does Taylor see such entities as the intelligible Gods and others as simply angels or does Taylor hold that his affirmation of a totalizing divine first principle makes him some kind of ur-monotheist whose God has multiple names yet is ultimately one?

[@bodamian_bg]

Your last line summarizes and, on my opinion, gives a very well placed final question/ answer. *:)

[@marketgardener8957]

THAT is Christ

[@Floral_Green]

Monism isn’t monotheism (in fact, Christian doctrine explicitly rejects it), and no, the Henads aren’t the Monad, but rather emanations of it above the Nous.

[@anastasiya256]

I thought the video said that he was criticizing the Christian creed(s) for being inadequate, and given that this creed explicitly mentions multiple gods in a couple of places, I conclude that he wasn’t a Christian.

[@WolfgangKLX]

Is this Phd level of studies that you learn in Universities? Thank you for sharing us this knowledge

[@renantrotti5787]

Amem

[@asaiira]

name of the painting or the painter at 0:11 please?

[@richardpaulo-y1v]

Surely, I have not; but I've heard of Apollo Creed 🤷‍♂️ jk seriously, thank you for sharing this video. It was very informative 👍

[@arcanvm]

I've been following this channel since it started years back- still one of my top 5. Here's an (accidentally well-timed) follow up on the metaphysical foundation which the works of Plato laid for the Western Esoteric Tradition. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKSqdoR-pNV_iZY Hope you enjoy it!

[@TheModernHermeticist]

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[@ViveLRoi]

This is great. I was dismayed hitherto on just how much Platonist explainer content was part of the far right pipeline. *sideeyes EC Winsper*

[@raycosmic9019]

Reality = That which is. That which is, that is nothing in particular (actual), is by definition everything in general (potential). God = Creative Intelligence. Creative Intelligence is omnipresent. We are all It, to an unknowable/inexhaustible extent, as the facets of a Diamond are 'both' distinct from each other 'and' the Diamond itself. Love is the recognition of our shared. Being. What appears as separate and opposite, is in Reality - Continuum.

[@mariolis]

I disagree with a lot of what was said ... Still, very interesting ideas to think about.

[@TheModernHermeticist]

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[@isacvlad]

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[@georgejungle7016]

Thomas Atttatamous tied to tee's to two tall trees How many T's are in all that ?

[@billywhite1362]

Welcome to the barren period of mankind…

[@Tom-sd9jb]

What do you mean?

[@SobekLOTFC]

Let's goooo- great work, Dr Attrell ,👏 I always love the divine νοῦς emanating its radiance over my blackened soul. "Kind sir, which way to the animating statues ἑταῖροι section?"

[@daintybeigli]

Ngl I found this something of a slog, because of both the concepts and the language. I’m sure I missed a bunch.

[@jmontoya4689]

I am here searching for God and knowledge. I'm not a academician i am a man that will die and i want to worship God. The problem is how and which way? I have been initiated in a mystical path but I feel that something is missing maybe that's something is Jesus Christianity is that the one true way the only way maybe it is

[@bellezavudd]

Probably it isnt.

[@Floral_Green]

People will typically be drawn to what’s culturally familiar. If you have no issues taking a hard leap of faith, then have at it; you’ve an infinite number of lifetimes to return to the One, after all.

[@orfeotracio]

If only essentialist forms of thought like that of this (beautiful) Creed could lead to something that isn't intrinsically reactionary...

[@MrPSaun]

Please elaborate on why you think this.

[@orfeotracio]

@@MrPSaun If the Good and the Beautiful exist in essentia there are only two solutions 1. Blind acceptance of everything since everything partakes in the Good (inhuman simplistic mysticism) 2. Discrimination between what is Good and what s not, which becomes, in turn, less worthy (discriminational essentialism) Unfortunately, in the kind of "platonic" perennialism advocated by seeker of unity & co (not dr Sledge I have to say) there is no space for authentic pluralism. It's only a dangerous night filled with very seductive black cows

[@Nathan-eq3zs]

@@orfeotracio there is no good or bad. There is only the truth. We can either align with the truth or align against it. In terms of nature, there really is no good. Just reality.

[@orfeotracio]

@@Nathan-eq3zs you can apply my reasoning to "the Truth". if there is "the Truth" there is no space for pluralism.

[@ReflectiveJourney]

Talking about essences is always tricky. Thinking in terms of structure and function is better imo. Don't think of sufficient and necessary conditions. Watch the verveke video for phenomenological reading of Plato. The main contention would be that the one can be experienced but not spoken about. I agree with you if there is no contact then the concept is meaningless.

[@sourcetext]

Wow ,all those 25 Dollar college words . Diss guuy iss smartz ❤

[@christopherellis2663]

Reads very closely with Islam ☪️ no surprise. Putting Absolute Unity before all other Attributes led to Wahhabism. I also hear a hint of Manichean thought. " Like dæmons in the sky" 🖖

[@inthetearoom]

homie kinda lost the point of creating a credo as an easily memorable and concise explanations of a belief 😅

[@Tom-sd9jb]

🤣 this actually cracked me up. Here was me thinking the apostles and nicene creeds were too long to remember!

[@ezreality]

Good video. Thank you. However, it is a little outdated, we now know that space and time or not fundamental. Consciousness is fundamental, and that consciousness is life and that man is the paragon of life...

[@kuu2856]

Honestly, I'm mixed on Thomas Taylor. I like him for bringing back Platonism and translating them to English, but at the same time, some thing about him just seems off.

[@Nathan-eq3zs]

Is it his pants?

[@LordYamcha666]

Wow. Jahm bin Safwan would delight in this creed. Transcendent this and transcendent that. Ineffable this ineffable that. Silence this silence that. Superessential and incorporeal? Almost like we reduced God (the principle of all principles) to something that doesn’t actually exist.