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Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes listeners through the history of philosophy, "without any gaps". www.historyofphilosophy.net
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Oct 30, 2011
Oct 30, 2011
22 min
Introducing the Stoics, Skeptics, Epicureans and Cynics, the schools of the Hellenistic age
Oct 23, 2011
Oct 23, 2011
22 min
The Old Academy and Theophrastus carry on the legacy of Plato and Aristotle
Oct 16, 2011
Oct 16, 2011
36 min
Peter's colleagues MM McCabe and Raphael Woolf join him for a special 50th episode interview, to discuss Aristotle's reactions to his teacher Plato
Oct 9, 2011
Oct 9, 2011
20 min
In the Rhetoric and Poetics, Aristotle explores persuasive speech and engages with ancient tragedy
Oct 2, 2011
Oct 2, 2011
21 min
Aristotle's Politics responds to Plato's Republic and sets out its own ideas about the ideal state, the types of political constitution, and the role of women and slaves