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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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Sunday Dec 31, 2017
Sunday Dec 31, 2017
Philosophical themes in Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales” and “Troilus and Criseyde,” as well as Langland’s “Piers Plowman.”
Sunday Jan 01, 2017
Sunday Jan 01, 2017
Italy’s greatest poet Dante Alighieri was also a philosopher, as we learn from his Convivio and of course the Divine Comedy.
Sunday Nov 20, 2016
Sunday Nov 20, 2016
An introduction to philosophy in the 14th century, focusing on two big ideas: nominalism and voluntarism.
Sunday May 22, 2016
Sunday May 22, 2016
Sex, reason, and religion in Jean de Meun’s completion of an allegory of courtly love, the Roman de la Rose.