Understanding NeoPlatonism with Pierre Grimes

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Pierre Grimes, PhD, is a specialist in classical Greek philosophy. He is the founder of the American Philosophical Practitioners Association. He is also founder of the Noetic Society in the Los Angeles area. He is author of Philosophical Midwifery: A New Paradigm for Understanding Human Problems, Socrates and Jesus: A Dialogue in Heaven, and Unblocking: Removing Blocks to Understanding. He is also a decorated veteran of the second world war.

Here he points out that the Neoplatonists deviated from Plato's original emphasis on the Self. He regards their interest in theurgy as a decadent development. However, he holds that there is a continuous Hellenic, philosophical tradition extending from the pre-Socratic philosophers through Plato and Aristotle to the Neoplatonists. He also suggests that the Buddhist philosophy of Nagarjuna may have been influenced by Sextus Empericus and the Pyrrhonist school of Greek philosophy.

New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is also past-president of the non-profit Intuition Network, an organization dedicated to creating a world in which all people are encouraged to cultivate and apply their inner, intuitive abilities.

(Recorded on April 16, 2018)

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It's amazing. I feel like I'm in the presence of a Greek philosopher, sitting at his feet and listening for life-changing lessons.

Jacob
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Pierre is someone with whom I'd love to have a nice set of beverages and about ten hours to discuss life, the universe, and everything! Thanks for bringing us another interview with him, Jeffrey!

phillipbernhardt-house
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The conversations with Pierre are among my favorite discussions which I return to.

maryhitchcock
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This has become among my favorite channels. Great work! Great interviewer doing a great interview! Also, Iv'e met Pierre and man what a deep guy he is! Not just deep but sincere and genuine. Im grateful to have found this channel =)

Atomic
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Love hearing the correct pronunciation of Gnostics. Great stuff as usual from Pierre.

ScottofOakland
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that was very rich, what a way to make philosophy simple and extremely even more intresting, thank you , very enlightening.

AspieMoonWoman
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Very interesting talk! Also is anyone gonna mention the fact that Pierre looks exactly like a Philosopher from antiquity himself?

theresahabsburg
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From the theme tune to the "thank you for being with us", New Think Allowed always brightens my day!

Thanks Jeffrey and thanks to your many guests.

martinh
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Neoplatonism is (maybe) the most important branch of the Western Philosophy. The Neoplatonic Henology is a rare glimpse in West of the (as the advaitins says) non-dual Truth

openyourmind
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I am impressed with the knowledge and clarity of mind expressed by Pierre Grimes, who it would seem is in his mid 90's. It would be interesting to hear him talk of his experiences with Alan Watts and Joseph Campbell, if you have the opportunity to interview him again.

jleroy
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I love and respect such knowledge from the professor and the interviewer! I watch this kind of videos in English and Spanish. Fascinating!! Gracias!!

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This one was something special. Great talk...thanks for bringing them to us!

wcropp
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I've been checking to see if Pierre was still going from time to time for many years. I just found out he passed away in June 2024. I took several classes from him at GWC in the early 90s. He was both a great and not so great teacher. I learned more skills from his classes than anything else and I'm indebted. On the other hand, he discouraged note taking, there wasn't much of a structured course in some of his classes that made you feel what the hell has the whole semester been about?... and just left you unprepared for the final. He also got sidetracked pursuing his own esoteric philosophical interests despite the class being billed as a general survey. The best class was Western Religion where we were introduced to New Testament scholarship and analyzed the Gospel of Mark to learn it was a Greek tragedy. To have his philosophical passion and live to 99 must be an ideal life.

NGC
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Jeff Mishlove is a treasure. Like no one else I've seen over my many years, he is able to contribute to every conversation with every guest, on every level. He's not a nationally recognized figure, which tells you that the real gems are hidden in plain sight.

auggied
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Never knew Willie Nelson was into this stuff

charlieleonard
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And thank you for this delicious conversation.

rogerioassis
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This was a wonderful talk! Beautiful flow between the two.

freedommascot
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Always a pleasure, Jeffrey.
Hope you and yours are all well.

donaldmcronald
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thank you very much for this! i enjoy listning to you converse. thank you for bringing Pierre to talk to.

adamhasson
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I used to think there wasnt anyone carrying on the tradition.. then i found Pierre and his lectures

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