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It's there any philosophy that is like sort of gatekeeping of high culture among high IQ people because you realize is a waste of money and effort to spend effort into giving low IQ average people (the masses) anything deep, spiritual or even remotelly intelectual?

Like gourmet food would be reserved only for humans while it would be a waste to give such food to animals, simply because he's not smart enough to enjoy or comprehent the fine details of high cousine, because he's biologically an animal?

I mean, why the fuck should I care if the average normie/NPC reads or thinks or how he lives his life, simply because he's not relevant for the pass of time.

Just like we don't care about the tastes or entertainments of the plebian masses in history, but we care about the smart intelectual minorities of their time.

>> No.15882517

Nigga what the fuck do you think esotericism is?

>> No.15882552

>>15882517
I mean in more general terms beyond spiritual, magical shit.

>> No.15882662

Sounds like regular philosophy once you give up on the NPCs

>> No.15882702

>>15882498
Pretty much every philosopher, once you truly take the serious time to research and understand their work. Just look at someone like Aristotle, he's extremely popular, but most of the people that have 'studied' him fall short of the reality of his taught. It's more than reading just one book and a few commentators here and there

>> No.15882738

>>15882498
Stoics, de Montaigne and Roger Scruton are all entertaining and good thinkers in themselves but they're also useful for low iq people. Same with the Bible, though that is not to say it's for dumb people.

>> No.15882753

>>15882552
I'm not supposed to tell you this but the air of bullshit is there to keep you out. You need someone to give you the key to most texts to be able to make sense of them.

>> No.15883104

>>15882498
Is there any argument that says why giving low IQ people pearls of wisdom is bad? Or is it just a "I'm better than you, I had to work hard for this so do you!" mentality? Is this why you guys hate self help so much, because it's just the useful parts of philosophy condensed into an easy to understand small 200 page book? Lol

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>>15882498
the secret teachings of all ages being an enclyopediac outline of masonic, hermetic, qabbalistic, and rosicrucian symbolical philosophy by manly p hall is a good start

otherwise i would suggest the authors of the traditionalist school like evola and guenon as another place to look

>> No.15884391

>>15883104
>it's just the useful parts of philosophy condensed into an easy to understand small 200 page book?
Taking ideas out of proper context like that is sophistry and extremely unproductive in the search for truth

>> No.15884423

>>15884391
based and phronesis-pilled

>> No.15884474

>>15882552
>He doesn't think it's real

>> No.15884753

>>15882702
>It's more than reading just one book and a few commentators here and there
What it is then?

>> No.15884788

enjoy your stagnant oligarchy

reminder that exactly these kinds of elites are responsible for the current wave of hedonistic tranny activism and pedophile decadence bullshit that proliferates among the young rich people who go to fancy elite schools

>> No.15884812

>>15884788
How is being rich related to being smart?

>> No.15885923

>>15883104
self help is bad because it doesn't work
it wasn't the principles that the writer wrote in the book that improved his life, but the fact that he made money by selling the book to retards

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>>15882498
Sharing is caring.

>> No.15885978

>>15884812
generally intelligence is a strong predictive factor for economic outcomes

>> No.15885992

>>15883104
This is what the cave allegory is all about. Look no further than the sheep of today.

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>>15885992
The cave allegory is a description of the higher and lower mind, not some schizo's propaganda tool.

>> No.15886149

>>15883104
no its because they get brainwashed by zionist corporate cancer on the media and from their equally brainwashed normie friends and family almost instantly after you give them any kind of insight so it really is a pointless waste of time. less than 15% of people on earth have an intellect capable of critical thinking and a internal locus of control. there is nothing vindictive about not wanting to waste time.

>> No.15886152

>>15884812
General intelligence correlates highly with socio-economic outcomes, as this anon (>>15885978) has said. It makes intuitive sense, as well. The more intelligent an individual is, the more likely it is they will make choices that better advantage their economic status. Less intelligent people tend to be more impulsive, and not future-oriented, both of which do not contribute to an ideal strategy to amass wealth.