Dear Fellows and Friends:
I wish to begin to discuss two factors that may have influenced the
development of Monotheism and other ideas. Tutankamun is said to be the son of Akhenaten and his mother was Queen Nefretete. A
change from the old religion into a new monotheist type was fostered by him. It was a possible development by Akhenaten from his Grandfather\'s ideas or experiences.
A second discussion ought to be what influence Alexander the Great
had on the area and during the rule of his Generals what scholarly
activity is noted. What about the Indian King Asoka who sent out
Buddhist missions? This goes back to just before the fourth century BCE with Alexander extending his empire into what is now Pakistan
and the Punjab area. This Greek culture lasts and mingled with the
Buddhist King Ashoka around the 200 BCE time, just before Rome
expanded it's empire.
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Iamblichus
Syrian philosopher
born , c. ad 250, Chalcis, Coele Syria [now in Lebanon]
died c. 330
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Syrian philosopher, a major figure in the philosophical school of Neoplatonism and the founder of its Syrian branch.
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Dear Ryan:
I like to pull out the story of the Elephant and the Eight Blindmen. The short version is that they
all wanted to get to know the Elephant (Not Ganesha) so one felt the leg and thought it was like a tree
and one felt the side and told the group that it was like a wall and one felt the trunk and explains that
it was like a snake and on at the tail believed it to be like a rope, etc. I would not like to research the
tail area for long. The moral of the story is that they all were right but not completely. I am suggesting
that nobody knows the Divine completely. We can know of him indirectly to include a Oneness that is
Nous the Logos or Word or Tao and state of Satori. I think that the Sufi are also knowers of truth to
get back to Middle East. What can we say in the 3rd to 6th Century besides Iambichus Neoplatoniism?
Much was discovered in that area.
