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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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Sunday Oct 30, 2011
Sunday Oct 30, 2011
Introducing the Stoics, Skeptics, Epicureans and Cynics, the schools of the Hellenistic age
Sunday Oct 23, 2011
Sunday Oct 23, 2011
The Old Academy and Theophrastus carry on the legacy of Plato and Aristotle
Sunday Oct 16, 2011
Sunday Oct 16, 2011
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
Sunday Oct 09, 2011
Sunday Oct 09, 2011
In the Rhetoric and Poetics, Aristotle explores persuasive speech and engages with ancient tragedy
Sunday Oct 02, 2011
Sunday Oct 02, 2011
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