>Essentially, these were Promethean movements that established man as God and so caused disaster; in particular, Voegelin notes that Socratic philosophy is a process but Gnosticism ends philosophy—it knows, so there is no more pursuit of wisdom. So technically Hegel is not a philosopher; he has—and this was his own view—ended philosophy with a complete system where he “just knows”; the Socratic dialogue is over. This was why Jung said that he “knew” that God existed, the Gnostic has nowhere else to go—he knows now. Consequently, in political terms there can be no discussion with Gnostic movements because the elite knows the answers; and this leads to oppression—there is no argument with the elite.