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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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May 26, 2013
May 26, 2013
21 min
Al-Fārābī combines Islam and Greek sources to present the ideal ruler as a philosopher who is also a prophet.
May 19, 2013
May 19, 2013
24 min
Peter begins to look at the systematic rethinking of Hellenic philosophy offered by al-Farabi, focusing on his logic and metaphysics.
May 12, 2013
May 12, 2013
24 min
A group of mostly Christian philosophers transpose the practices of antique Aristotelian philosophy to 10th century Baghdad.
May 5, 2013
May 5, 2013
26 min
A double dose of Peters, as Pormann joins Adamson to discuss medicine and philosophy in the Islamic world.