Thoughts on the "What is Neoplatonism?" video in the blog?

[LoseYourvelf]

I loved this guy's telling of it, made them out like real badasses, cowboy philosophers, I watched on 1.75 (seemed perfect). I have never touched the one I'm certain but I'm pretty sure I've had a direct Nous experience from a Leo vid. It also made me recognise the kind of psychedelic process is pretty much separate from philosophy and that also could lead me to understand why Leo is so picky with which psychs he likes, it's cos it's for his philosophical work. Psychedelic healing is like bottom of the barrel here, I get it. If you're trying to go deep however, they're good

Come on guys throw me a bone, what's your thoughts? Care to shoot a shot at trying to define the one? Is solipsism Leo's interpretation of the one or more so the Nous? 

Plotinus's cancelling out contradiction method is a good one he was real good at that 

Edited December 27, 2024 by LoseYourvelf

[Nilsi]

It’s good stuff - none of the teleological, philosophically totalitarian bullshit that Hegel and Wilber just can’t seem to let go of.

It’s like pure metaphysical contemplation, straight up, no hidden agenda.

That said, the problem of the human condition remains, and no amount of contemplating the One provides much help there. This is precisely what "modern" philosophy wrestles with. To call Western philosophy an "abysmal failure" is, therefore, quite disingenuous. You wouldn’t fault a novelist for their "ignorance" of quantum physics - it’s simply not what they’re trying to address. Which isn’t to say there’s no such thing as a bad quantum physicist - just make sure you’re not comparing apples to oranges.

Edited December 27, 2024 by Nilsi

[Nilsi]

1 hour ago, Nilsi said:

It’s good stuff - none of the teleological, philosophically totalitarian bullshit that Hegel and Wilber just can’t seem to let go of.

It’s like pure metaphysical contemplation, straight up, no hidden agenda.

That said, the problem of the human condition remains, and no amount of contemplating the One provides much help there. This is precisely what "modern" philosophy wrestles with. To call Western philosophy an "abysmal failure" is, therefore, quite disingenuous. You wouldn’t fault a novelist for their "ignorance" of quantum physics - it’s simply not what they’re trying to address. Which isn’t to say there’s no such thing as a bad quantum physicist - just make sure you’re not comparing apples to oranges.

And here’s my two cents: Dialectics is the ultimate antagonistic force to genuine human flourishing. You can’t negate your way into an affirmation of the human condition. Dialectics traps you in a perpetual state of sickness, self-doubt, and existential fatigue. This is Nietzsche’s great insight: the refusal to let life be suffocated by endless negation and abstract gymnastics masquerading as progress.

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Seit ich des Suchens müde ward,

Erlernte ich das Finden.

Seit mir ein Wind hielt Widerpart,

Segl' ich mit allen Winden.

 

Edited December 27, 2024 by Nilsi