Over the past several centuries, the story of reason in the Western world has taken us from confidence and clarity to confusion and even despair. At first, reason promised mastery: control over nature, certainty in knowledge, and an escape from ignorance. Yet when reality proved more unruly and mysterious than our systems could manage, the result was not satisfaction, but a sense of unraveling—a cold drift into nihilism. The Enlightenment dream faltered because, in our boldness, we misunderstood reason, forgetting its richest meaning. Now, in the reported death of meaning, the question remains: what comes next?

Rather than searching for a new philosophy , I turn to something older—what might be called ancient reason. The moment calls for us to reawaken a quieter voice, echoing from th

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