Episodes
Sunday Dec 01, 2019
HoP 337 - More Rare Than the Phoenix - Italian Women Humanists
Sunday Dec 01, 2019
Sunday Dec 01, 2019
Cassandra Fedele, Isotta Nogarola, and Laura Cereta seek fame and glory through eloquence and learning.
Sunday Nov 17, 2019
HoP 336 - We Built This City - Christine de Pizan
Sunday Nov 17, 2019
Sunday Nov 17, 2019
Christine de Pizan's political philosophy, epistemology, and the refutation of misogyny in her "City of Ladies".
Sunday Nov 03, 2019
HoP 335 - Sabrina Ebbersmeyer on Emotions in Renaissance Philosophy
Sunday Nov 03, 2019
Sunday Nov 03, 2019
An interview with Sabrina Ebbersmeyer about the relation of emotion to reason and the body, and panpsychism, in the Renaissance.
Sunday Oct 20, 2019
HoP 334 - Chance Encounters - Reviving Hellenistic philosophy
Sunday Oct 20, 2019
Sunday Oct 20, 2019
The rediscovery of Epicurus, Lucretius, and Sextus Empiricus spreads challenging ideas about chance, atomism, and skepticism.
Sunday Oct 06, 2019
HoP 333 - Difficult to Be Good - Humanist Ethics
Sunday Oct 06, 2019
Sunday Oct 06, 2019
Humanists from Bruni and Valla to Pontano and Castiglione ask whether ancient ethical teachings can still help us learn how to live.
Sunday Sep 22, 2019
HoP 332 - Jill Kraye on Humanism
Sunday Sep 22, 2019
Sunday Sep 22, 2019
Jill Kraye returns to the podcast to discuss the nature of humanism, its relation to scholasticism, and its legacy.
Sunday Sep 08, 2019
HoP 331 - Literary Criticism - Lorenzo Valla
Sunday Sep 08, 2019
Sunday Sep 08, 2019
Lorenzo Valla launches a furious attack on scholastic philosophy, favoring the resources of classical Latin.
Sunday Jul 28, 2019
HoP 330 - Republic of Letters - Italian Humanism
Sunday Jul 28, 2019
Sunday Jul 28, 2019
Coluccio Salutati and Leonardo Bruni combine eloquence with philosophy, taking as their model the refined language and republican ideals found in Cicero.
Sunday Jul 14, 2019
HoP 329 - Greeks Bearing Gifts - Byzantine Scholars in Italy
Sunday Jul 14, 2019
Sunday Jul 14, 2019
Bessarion and George Trapenzuntius, rival scholars from the Greek east who helped inspire the Italian Renaissance.
Sunday Jun 30, 2019
HoP 328 - Old News - Introduction to the Italian Renaissance
Sunday Jun 30, 2019
Sunday Jun 30, 2019
A first look at the themes and figures of philosophy in the Italian Renaissance.
Sunday Jun 16, 2019
HoP 327 - Michele Trizio on Byzantine and Latin Medieval Philosophy
Sunday Jun 16, 2019
Sunday Jun 16, 2019
The series on Byzantium concludes as Michele Trizio discusses the mutual influence of Byzantium and Latin Christendom.
Sunday May 19, 2019
HoP 325 - Platonic Love - Gemistos Plethon
Sunday May 19, 2019
Sunday May 19, 2019
Was Gemistos Plethon, the last great thinker of the Byzantine tradition, a secret pagan or just a Christian with an unusual enthusiasm for Platonism?
Sunday May 05, 2019
HoP 324 - United We Fall - Latin Philosophy in Byzantium
Sunday May 05, 2019
Sunday May 05, 2019
Thomas Aquinas finds avid readers among Byzantines at the twilight of empire, and is used by both sides of the Hesychast controversy.
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
HoP 322 - Do the Math - Science in the Palaiologan Renaissance
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Mathematics and the sciences in Byzantium, focusing on scholars of the Palaiologan period like Blemmydes and Metochites.
Sunday Mar 25, 2018
HoP 298 - Renaissance Men - Ramon Llull and Petrarch
Sunday Mar 25, 2018
Sunday Mar 25, 2018
The Renaissance ideals of humanism and universal science flourish already in the medieval period, in the works of Petrarch and Ramon Llull.