Esotericism
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CORE DEFINITION
Many great philosophers, in writing their books, in order to avoid disaster or to filter readers, used two languages: the exoteric (for the public, conforming to customs) and the esoteric (for the wise, containing truth). The truth is hidden between the lines.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
Reduce cognitive load
Multi-level information encoding. In restricted expression environments, learning to interpret 'implied meaning' is an essential skill. At the same time, as an expresser, through esoteric encoding, one can filter out the audience who truly understand you, establishing a hidden consensus circle.
Anchor fast decisions
The property of content or a system that is deep in its layers, rich in meaning, and graspable only through repeated contemplation. It resists being reduced to something simpler, and stands in contrast to the communicability that the plain-delivery half of the ideal "profound insight, plain delivery" implies. What it stresses is the depth of the object itself rather than the ease of conveying it.
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- en.wikipedia.orghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esotericismverified
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