History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

HoP 135 - Undercover Brothers – Philosophy in the Buyid Age

Miskawayh, al-‘Amiri, al-Tawhidi, the Brethren of Purity and Ismaili missionaries bring together philosophy with Persian culture, literature and Islam.

HoP 134 - Balancing Acts - Arabic Ethical Literature

Drawing on Galen and Aristotle, philosophers from al-Kindi to Miskawayh compose ethical works designed us to achieve health in soul, as well as body.

HoP 133 - Strings Attached - Music and Philosophy

Peter turns DJ, with some actual music interspersed with discussion about theories of music in Arabic philosophical texts.

HoP 132 - Eye of the Beholder - Theories of Vision

Ibn al-Haytham draws on the tradition of geometrical optics to explain the mystery of human eyesight.

HoP 131 - Deborah Black on al-Farabi's Epistemology

Deborah Black joins Peter to talk about al-Farabi's innovations concerning knowledge and certainty.