(1) The ordinary people are required to accept the Quran in its literal or exoteric sense whereas the philosophers have much more discretion in interpreting scriptural truth.(2) This seems untrue to me, since the Will to Power was merely Nietzsche's exoteric doctrine.(3) By contrast with his exoteric presentation at Birkbeck a week ago, his lecture last night - aimed u2018at comradesu2019 - was a much more focused affair.(4) Some religious books counted as mere exoteric teaching for the masses.(5) They believed also in esoteric meanings accessible only to the powerful elite, as opposed to exoteric doctrine suitable for the masses.
