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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 Jun 24, 2012
Sunday Jun 24, 2012
How did the mathematics of figures like Euclid and Archimides relate to ancient philosophy? Peter finds out in an interview with Serafina Cuomo
Sunday Jun 17, 2012
Sunday Jun 17, 2012
Ptolemy uses philosophy in the service of studying the stars, while philosophers of all persuasions evaluate the widespread practice of astrology.
Sunday Jun 10, 2012
Sunday Jun 10, 2012
Themistius, Quintilian, Lucian and other authors tell us about the connections between rhetoric and late ancient philosophy
Sunday Jun 03, 2012
Sunday Jun 03, 2012
Alexander of Aphrodisias writes the greatest ancient commentaries on Aristotle and tries to demolish the Stoic teaching on fate