Arthur Melzer Subscribe iTunes YouTube icon View By Chapter CH. 1 : What is Esoteric Writing? Arthur Melzer defends the notion that philosophers of the past concealed elements of their thought through a careful method of writing. 00:15 - 26:35 CH. 2 : Why Write Esoterically? Melzer discloses the various motives that led political philosophers of the past to employ exoteric and esoteric writing. 26:35 - 54:03 CH. 3 : A Lost Tradition Why did the practice of esoteric writing fall out of favor among philosophers from the nineteenth century onward? Melzer and Kristol discuss. 54:03 - 1:25:45 View Transcript Download an Audio Podcast