Intriguing, as always, Graham. Curious about your response to the comment about the time of philosophy is past. Do you agree? I think there are various paths to trying to get at the truth, with philosophy being one important one, science another, and certainly intuition another (ala Rudolph Otto). But, I think you would agree that understanding the thoughts of past and present philosophers and using the tools of rational thought essential to philosophy is also important.

One major question: d'Olivet said he "attained" a copy of the Sepher of Moses not through the Greek or Latin. Presumably the "original Hebrew" document. Does he identify how or where he attained this? Seems rather crucial to his credibility.