Platonism: The Philosophy of Divinity w/ Michael Phillip // XA074

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On this episode Matt is joined once again by Michael Phillip, who is a writer, video creator and host of the podcast Third Eye Drops. Michael has released and appeared on hundreds of podcast episodes, melding minds with a wide range of multidisciplinary experts including scientists, artists, philosophers, spiritual teachers, bestselling authors, and viral personalities. He also hosts a YouTube channel where he ‘wonderdips’ into mind melting topics like Jungian Psychology, Psychedelics and Consciousness.

During the conversation Matt and Michael discuss the topic of Platonism, loosely defined as "the philosophy of Plato stressing especially that actual things are copies of transcendent ideas and that these ideas are the objects of true knowledge apprehended by reminiscence." We learn how Michael took an interest in this branch of philosophy, and who Plato, Plotinus, and Porphyry were, and how they contributed to Platonism and Neo-Platonism. The purpose of this conversation is to break down this highly dense subject into digestible bits in layman's terms, as much of the content available online about Platonism is highly academic and a bit tough to fully grasp. We learn about some incredible stories from Platonic thinkers, the general aim of Platonism, and how it relates to other systems of thought. The two then explore the topics of dreams, synchronicity and the Unus-Mundus (One World), plus much more. This is one for the books. Please enjoy!

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