HoP 139 - By the Time I Get to Phoenix - Avicenna on Existence
July 28th, 2013
Avicenna revolutionizes metaphysics with groundbreaking ideas about necessity and contingency, and his new distinction between essence and existence.
HoP 138 - The Self-Made Man - Avicenna’s Life and Works
July 21st, 2013
Despite a tumultuous life, Avicenna manages to become the most influential of all medieval philosophers.
HoP 137 - God Willing – the Asharites
July 14th, 2013
Al-Ash‘arī puts his stamp on the future of Islamic theology by emphasizing God’s untrammeled power and freedom.
HoP 136 - Farhad Daftary on the Ismailis
July 7th, 2013
Peter is joined by Farhad Daftary, a leading expert on the Shiite group known as the Ismā'īlīs.
