Esoteric knowledge is that which is only understandable to a small, select group, who oftentimes must be initiated and made capable of receiving it.
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Esoteric Term Timeline in Beyond Good and Evil
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2. The Free Spirit
...who are not ready to hear them as errors or even crimes. Nietzsche privileges the esoteric approach to philosophy over the exoteric, arguing that the philosopher should look down from above...
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