A Chronological Compilation of Testimonial Evidence for Esotericism

The document on this website is an online appendix for Philosophy Between the Lines: The Lost History of Esoteric Writing by Arthur M. Melzer. The file is in PDF format.

The author’s description of the document:
“Beginning with Homer and ending with Wittgenstein, I present here in chronological order all the major, explicit testimony concerning philosophical esotericism that I have found to date. It includes all the quotations of this kind used in the book as well as many others that were not used. Still, it is far from exhaustive. Readers with suggestions for additions can send them to philosophybetweenthelines@outlook.com.