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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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Nov 17, 2012
Nov 17, 2012
24 min
Origen of Alexandria weaves Platonic ideas into new and controversial theological ideas
Nov 11, 2012
Nov 11, 2012
24 min
Irenaeus, Clement and Justin Martyr consider the relevance of philosophy for Christianity
Nov 4, 2012
Oct 28, 2012
Oct 28, 2012
38 min
A special double interview celebrates reaching 100 episodes by looking at the cultural status of philosophy in the ancient world
Oct 21, 2012
Oct 21, 2012
27 min
Richard Sorabji joins Peter to discuss the ancient commentators on Aristotle
Oct 14, 2012
Oct 14, 2012
23 min
John Philoponus refutes Aristotle’s and Proclus’ arguments for the eternity of the universe, and develops new ideas in physics.
Oct 7, 2012
Oct 7, 2012
25 min
Julian the Apostate and the philosophers of Athens and Alexandria try to keep pagan philosophy alive in the late Roman empire
Sep 30, 2012
Sep 30, 2012
28 min
Dominic O'Meara speaks with Peter about political philosophy and mathematics in Neoplatonism
Sep 23, 2012
Sep 16, 2012
Sep 8, 2012
Sep 8, 2012
23 min
Iamblichus fuses Platonism with pagan religious conviction and sets the agenda for Neoplatonism in generations to come.
Sep 2, 2012
Aug 26, 2012
Aug 26, 2012
24 min
James Wilberding joins Peter to examine what Plotinus and Porphyry contributed to the philosophy of nature
Jul 22, 2012
Jul 22, 2012
23 min
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.
Jul 15, 2012
Jul 15, 2012
23 min
For Plotinus, Soul is on the border between the physical and intelligible realms. Can he convince us to identify ourselves with its highest part?
Jul 8, 2012
Jul 8, 2012
22 min
Plotinus posits an absolutely transcendent first principle, the One. What is it (or isn’t it), and how does it relate to Intellect?
Jul 1, 2012
Jul 1, 2012
21 min
Peter introduces Plotinus, the greatest philosopher of late antiquity and the founder of Neoplatonism
Jun 24, 2012
Jun 24, 2012
27 min
How did the mathematics of figures like Euclid and Archimides relate to ancient philosophy? Peter finds out in an interview with Serafina Cuomo
Jun 17, 2012
Jun 17, 2012
22 min
Ptolemy uses philosophy in the service of studying the stars, while philosophers of all persuasions evaluate the widespread practice of astrology.
Jun 10, 2012
Jun 10, 2012
24 min
Themistius, Quintilian, Lucian and other authors tell us about the connections between rhetoric and late ancient philosophy