History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

HoP 109 - Spreading the Word - the Latin Church Fathers

Tertullian, Lactantius, Jerome and Ambrose use and abuse Hellenic philosophy.

HoP 108 - George Boys-Stones on the Greek Church Fathers

George Boys-Stones joins Peter to discuss philosophy in the Bible and the Greek Fathers.

HoP 107 - Practice Makes Perfect - Christian Asceticism

Christian ascetics like Antony, Macrina and Evagrius create a new ethical ideal by pushing the human capacity for self-control to its limits.

HoP 106 - Double or Nothing - Maximus the Confessor

The early Byzantine thinker Maximus uses Aristotle to defend the orthodox view of Christ's two natures

HoP 105 - Naming the Nameless - the Pseudo-Dionysius

A mysterious author calling himself Dionysius fuses Neoplatonism with Christianity

HoP 104 - Let's Talk Turkey - the Cappadocians

Basil of Caesarea, his brother Gregory of Nyssa, and Gregory of Nazianzus use philosophy to help the poor and to defeat their theological opponents

HoP 103 - Fall and Rise - Origen

Origen of Alexandria weaves Platonic ideas into new and controversial theological ideas

HoP 102 - Please Accept Our Apologies - the Greek Church Fathers

Irenaeus, Clement and Justin Martyr consider the relevance of philosophy for Christianity

HoP 101 - Father Figures - Introduction to Ancient Christian Philosophy

An overview of what the Church Fathers contributed to ancient philosophy

HoP 100 - Michael Trapp and Caroline Humfress on Ancient Culture and Philosophy

A special double interview celebrates reaching 100 episodes by looking at the cultural status of philosophy in the ancient world

HoP 099 - Richard Sorabji on the Commentators

Richard Sorabji joins Peter to discuss the ancient commentators on Aristotle

HoP 098 - For a Limited Time Only - John Philoponus

John Philoponus refutes Aristotle’s and Proclus’ arguments for the eternity of the universe, and develops new ideas in physics.

HoP 097 - A Tale of Two Cities - The Last Pagan Philosophers

Julian the Apostate and the philosophers of Athens and Alexandria try to keep pagan philosophy alive in the late Roman empire

HoP 096 - Dominic O'Meara on Neoplatonism

Dominic O'Meara speaks with Peter about political philosophy and mathematics in Neoplatonism

HoP 095 - Anne Sheppard on Ancient Aesthetics

Anne Sheppard joins Peter to discuss aesthetics from Plato to Proclus

HoP 094 - The Platonic Successor - Proclus

Proclus displays late Neoplatonism in all its glory

HoP 093 - Pythagorean Theorems - Iamblichus

Iamblichus fuses Platonism with pagan religious conviction and sets the agenda for Neoplatonism in generations to come.

HoP 092 - King of Animals - Porphyry

Porphyry defends vegetarianism and the harmony of Plato and Aristotle

HoP 091 - James Wilberding on Nature and Neoplatonism

James Wilberding joins Peter to examine what Plotinus and Porphyry contributed to the philosophy of nature

HoP 090 - A Decorated Corpse – Plotinus on Matter and Evil

Plotinus struggles to explain the presence of suffering, evil and ugliness in a world caused by purely good principles – and tells us what role we should play in that world.