Episodes
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 Jan 13, 2019
HoP 316 - Just Measures - Law, Money, and War in Byzantium
Sunday Jan 13, 2019
Sunday Jan 13, 2019
Legal and economic thought in Byzantium: the sources of the law’s authority, the relation of church and civil law, just price, and just war.