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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
Episodes
Jun 3, 2012
Jun 3, 2012
22 min
Alexander of Aphrodisias writes the greatest ancient commentaries on Aristotle and tries to demolish the Stoic teaching on fate
May 27, 2012
May 27, 2012
23 min
Peter looks at the history of Aristotelianism up the time of the Roman Empire and the beginning of commentaries on his works
May 20, 2012
May 20, 2012
24 min
Jan Opsomer helps Peter to understand principles, Plato interpretation, and Plutarch in a wide-ranging discussion of Middle Platonism
May 13, 2012
May 6, 2012
Apr 29, 2012
Apr 29, 2012
23 min
Pioneering thinkers Eudorus, Alcinous, and Numenius fuse Pythagoreanism with Platonism and pave the way for Plotinus.
Apr 22, 2012
Apr 22, 2012
25 min
In late antiquity, Aristotelianism and Platonism made a comeback, and pagan philosophy developed alongside Judaism and Christianity.
Apr 15, 2012
Apr 15, 2012
28 min
Jim Hankinson tells Peter about the life, work and philosophical contributions of Galen
Apr 8, 2012
Apr 8, 2012
24 min
Hellenistic doctors discover the nerves and argue about method; Galen passes judgment
Apr 1, 2012
Apr 1, 2012
28 min
Leading Hellenistic philosophy scholar Tony Long talks to Peter about the self, ethics and politics in the Stoics, Epicureans and Skeptics
Mar 25, 2012
Mar 25, 2012
22 min
Sextus Empiricus pushes skepticism to its limits with his uncompromising Pyrrhonism
Mar 18, 2012
Mar 18, 2012
28 min
Peter discusses Cicero's method and philosophical allegiances with Raphael Woolf
Mar 11, 2012
Mar 11, 2012
23 min
Cicero, inspired by the skepticism of the New Academy, uses his literary talents to present the wisdom of the Greeks
Mar 4, 2012
Mar 4, 2012
23 min
The Skeptical Academy attacks Stoic claims that certain knowledge is possible
Feb 26, 2012
Feb 26, 2012
22 min
Peter begins to examine ancient Skepticism, beginning with Pyrrho's life and doctrines, or lack thereof
Feb 19, 2012
Feb 19, 2012
27 min
John Sellars joins Peter to discuss the Roman Stoics and their "art of living"
Feb 12, 2012
Feb 12, 2012
23 min
Marcus Aurelius' Meditations are a classic of Stoicism written by the most powerful philosopher who ever lived
Feb 5, 2012
Feb 5, 2012
22 min
Epictetus, greatest of the Roman Stoics, tells you how to set yourself free
Jan 29, 2012
Jan 29, 2012
22 min
Seneca wields his rhetorically charged Latin to advance Stoic ethical theory
Jan 22, 2012