I came across this video while browsing YouTube. Very interesting discussion about Plato and his influence on Byzantine and Roman thought and theology.
Platonic Orientalism
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Divine Melancholy
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Divine Melancholy is a kind of melancholy that causes one to be subject to divine inspiration. Though it arises from the same source, bile or choler, it is different than depression in that it causes a kind of inspiration to be received under the influence of Celestial Saturn as well as of God in the approach to things of reason...