The American Minervan

Tag: The Voice of the Silence

  • Voltaire on The First Philosophers

    Voltaire on The First Philosophers

    “How precise and true is Plato’s expression, how profound and philosophical his remark on the (human) soul or Ego, when he defined it as “a compound of the same and the other.” And yet how little this hint has been understood, since the world took it to mean that the soul was the breath of…

  • The “real Path” to esoteric knowledge is very difficult

    The “real Path” to esoteric knowledge is very difficult

    “There are several ways of acquiring knowledge: (a) by accepting blindly the dicta of the church or modern science;(b) by rejecting both and starting to find the truth for oneself. The first method is easy and leads to social respectability and the praise of men; the other is difficult and requires more than ordinary devotion…