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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 Nov 27, 2011
Sunday Nov 27, 2011
Pleasure is the good, according to Epicurus. But how do we live most pleasantly?
Sunday Nov 20, 2011
Sunday Nov 20, 2011
Epicurus sets out an empiricist theory of knowledge and atomist physics, in support of hedonism
Sunday Nov 13, 2011
Wednesday Nov 09, 2011
Wednesday Nov 09, 2011
A recording of Peter's lecture delivered on Oct 25, 2011, at the Arts and Humanities festival on "The Power of Stories" at King's College London.
Sunday Nov 06, 2011
Sunday Nov 06, 2011
Diogenes and the other Cynics “deface the currency” by exposing the hypocrisy of Greek society.
Sunday Oct 30, 2011
Sunday Oct 30, 2011
Introducing the Stoics, Skeptics, Epicureans and Cynics, the schools of the Hellenistic age
Sunday Oct 23, 2011
Sunday Oct 23, 2011
The Old Academy and Theophrastus carry on the legacy of Plato and Aristotle
Sunday Oct 16, 2011
Sunday Oct 16, 2011
Peter's colleagues MM McCabe and Raphael Woolf join him for a special 50th episode interview, to discuss Aristotle's reactions to his teacher Plato
Sunday Oct 09, 2011
Sunday Oct 09, 2011
In the Rhetoric and Poetics, Aristotle explores persuasive speech and engages with ancient tragedy
Sunday Oct 02, 2011
Sunday Oct 02, 2011
Aristotle's Politics responds to Plato's Republic and sets out its own ideas about the ideal state, the types of political constitution, and the role of women and slaves
Sunday Sep 25, 2011
Sunday Sep 25, 2011
Drawing on the De Anima, On the Heavens, Physics and Metaphysics, Peter tackles Aristotle’s theory of mind and its relation to his theology.
Sunday Sep 18, 2011
Sunday Sep 11, 2011
Sunday Sep 11, 2011
What place does Aristotle leave for pleasure and friendship in his vision of the good life?
Saturday Sep 03, 2011
Sunday Jul 24, 2011
Sunday Jul 24, 2011
In his zoology, Aristotle divides and defines all kinds of animals, and so invents the science of biology
Sunday Jul 17, 2011
Sunday Jul 17, 2011
Aristotle's theory of soul: its functions and how it relates to the body
Sunday Jul 10, 2011
Sunday Jul 10, 2011
Richard Sorabji discusses time, eternity and mosquitos in Aristotle's Physics
Sunday Jul 03, 2011
Sunday Jul 03, 2011
Aristotle's Physics explains change, time and place with the help of his actuality/potentiality distinction
Sunday Jun 26, 2011
Sunday Jun 26, 2011
The four types of explanation: formal, material, efficient and final cause
Sunday Jun 19, 2011
Sunday Jun 19, 2011
Aristotle's critique of Platonic Forms and defense of his own metaphysics