Transfigured | John Vervaeke on the relevance of Neoplatonism today @transfigured3673 | Uploaded February 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
John Vervaeke is a Professor of Cognitive Science and Psychology at the University of Toronto. He has an excellent youtube channel and I would particularly recommend his series "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis".
Awakening from the Meaning Crisis: youtube.com/watch?v=54l8_ewcOlY&list=PLND1JCRq8Vuh3f0P5qjrSdb5eC1ZfZwWJ
In this conversation we talk about what Neoplatonism was, how it interacted with Christianity, and how it is relevant today. We mention Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, Carl Jung, Pierre Hadot, Plotinus, Hypatia, D. T. Suzuki, John H Spencer, The Stoics, Porphyry, Iamblichus, Proclus, Sir Roger Penrose, William Lane Craig, Alfred North Whitehead, Owen Gilbert, Keith Stanovich, Jules Evans, Polar Bears, Bret Weinstein, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Evan Thompson, Christopher Mastropietro, Pseudo Dionysius, John Scotus Eriugena, Heraclitus, Jonathan Pageau, Augustine, and Paul Vanderklay.
00:00:00 - Sam's Introduction
00:05:00 - John's discovery of Neoplatonism
00:11:45 - Background Overview of Neoplatonism
00:22:50 - Modern and Ancient Cosmology
00:34:20 - Evolution and Emergence
00:40:30 - Evolution, Telos, and Purpose
00:47:50 - Neo-darwinism and Gnosticism
00:59:50 - The Ontology of Personhood and Selfhood
01:05:50 - Agape and the Making of Persons
01:11:15 - Closing Remarks
John Vervaeke is a Professor of Cognitive Science and Psychology at the University of Toronto. He has an excellent youtube channel and I would particularly recommend his series "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis".
Awakening from the Meaning Crisis: youtube.com/watch?v=54l8_ewcOlY&list=PLND1JCRq8Vuh3f0P5qjrSdb5eC1ZfZwWJ
In this conversation we talk about what Neoplatonism was, how it interacted with Christianity, and how it is relevant today. We mention Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, Carl Jung, Pierre Hadot, Plotinus, Hypatia, D. T. Suzuki, John H Spencer, The Stoics, Porphyry, Iamblichus, Proclus, Sir Roger Penrose, William Lane Craig, Alfred North Whitehead, Owen Gilbert, Keith Stanovich, Jules Evans, Polar Bears, Bret Weinstein, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Evan Thompson, Christopher Mastropietro, Pseudo Dionysius, John Scotus Eriugena, Heraclitus, Jonathan Pageau, Augustine, and Paul Vanderklay.
00:00:00 - Sam's Introduction
00:05:00 - John's discovery of Neoplatonism
00:11:45 - Background Overview of Neoplatonism
00:22:50 - Modern and Ancient Cosmology
00:34:20 - Evolution and Emergence
00:40:30 - Evolution, Telos, and Purpose
00:47:50 - Neo-darwinism and Gnosticism
00:59:50 - The Ontology of Personhood and Selfhood
01:05:50 - Agape and the Making of Persons
01:11:15 - Closing Remarks
