“Philosophy Between the Lines: The Lost History of Esoteric Writing § Appendix: A Chronological Compilation of Testimonial Evidence for Esotericism”, Arthur M. Melzer2014-09-09 (epistemology; backlinks)⁠:

Beginning with Homer and ending with Wittgenstein, I present here in chronological order all the major, explicit testimony concerning philosophical esotericism that I have found to date. It includes all the quotations of this kind used in the book as well as many others that were not used. Still, it is far from exhaustive. Readers with suggestions for additions can send them to philosophybetweenthelines@outlook.com.

The compilation includes statements of several different kinds. First, declarations by an author of his own esotericism; second, other remarks concerning the phenomenon of esotericism in general; third, the author’s claim that some other writer wrote esoterically; and fourth, some other writer’s claim that the author wrote esoterically.

• Testimony about Ancient Philosophy as a Whole

• Homer

• Hesiod

• Aesop of Samos

• Anacharsis

• Pythagoras

• Simonides of Ceos

• Heraclitus

• Protagoras

• Thucydides

• Isocrates

• …

• Sigmund Freud

• Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

• Ludwig Wittgenstein

[110 pages]

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