Philosophical Perspectives on Esotericism: From the 19th Century to the Present

This volume offers the first systematic philosophical study of esotericism and late modern philosophy. It addresses fundamental philosophical questions related to esotericism and reveals that esoteric ideas have had decisive impact on countless important philosophers, even if this fact has been neglected in contemporary philosophy.

The first part of the book is dedicated to substantial and methodological questions. What is philosophy, what is esotericism, and how should we think about their ...