Haijo Jan Westra

Haijo Jan Westra is a scholar whose work illuminates the shadowy corners of ancient philosophical thought, particularly within the Pythagorean tradition. His research delves into figures like Onatas, a Pythagorean philosopher of the 5th century BC, and the enigmatic text attributed to him, *On God and the Divine*. Westra meticulously reconstructs the arguments of "Pseudo-Onatas," revealing a sophisticated polytheistic cosmology that challenges singular divine conceptions. This ancient thinker po…