Emile examines the millennial turn around the year 1000 as the pivotal transition from the early to high Middle Ages and the emergence of high scholasticism, driven by new Latin translations of Aristotelian logic and the flowering of demonstrative philosophy. He traces the gradual shift from non-discursive, intuitive modes of knowing toward discursive, logical reasoning [...]

Emile explores the concept of the soul across Greek philosophy, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Jungian psychology, and other intellectual traditions, examining how ideas of intellect, awareness, desire, individuality, and transcendence have changed throughout history. He discusses rebirth, karmic continuity, the Buddhist doctrine of anatta, the possibility of survival after death, and the difficult question of whether [...]

Emile explores the romance of metaphysics as the love of the idea, tracing its rigorous tradition from Aristotle’s unmoved mover and primacy of thinking through Plato’s forms and the allegory of the cave. He examines Neoplatonic developments with Plotinus, Iamblichus, and Proclus, highlighting the ineffable, nondiscursive insight, ritual, and the tension between reason and mystery [...]