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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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Dec 30, 2012
Dec 30, 2012
23 min
Tertullian, Lactantius, Jerome and Ambrose use and abuse Hellenic philosophy.
Dec 23, 2012
Dec 23, 2012
25 min
George Boys-Stones joins Peter to discuss philosophy in the Bible and the Greek Fathers.
Dec 16, 2012
Dec 16, 2012
24 min
Christian ascetics like Antony, Macrina and Evagrius create a new ethical ideal by pushing the human capacity for self-control to its limits.
Dec 9, 2012
Dec 9, 2012
22 min
The early Byzantine thinker Maximus uses Aristotle to defend the orthodox view of Christ's two natures
Dec 2, 2012
Dec 2, 2012
22 min
A mysterious author calling himself Dionysius fuses Neoplatonism with Christianity