How the Renaissance turn towards individual identity is reflected in Shakespeare's most famous play. 

How the Renaissance turn towards individual identity is reflected in Shakespeare's most famous play.

HoP 426 - A Face Without a Heart - Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Individualism

Patrick Gray

We're joined by Patrick Gray to discuss Shakespeare's knowledge of philosophy, his ethics, and his influence on such thinkers as Hegel.

We're joined by Patrick Gray to discuss Shakespeare's knowledge of philosophy, his ethics, and his influence on such thinkers as Hegel.

HoP 425 - Patrick Gray on Shakespeare

How should we approach Shakespeare’s plays as philosophical texts? We take as examples skepticism and politics in Othello, King Lear, and Julius Caesar.

How should we approach Shakespeare’s plays as philosophical texts? We take as examples skepticism and politics in Othello, King Lear, and Julius Caesar.

HoP 424 - Hast Any Philosophy In Thee? - William Shakespeare

Philip Sidney

Edmund Spenser

We begin to look at Elizabethan literature, as Sidney argues that poetry is superior to philosophy, and philosophy is put to use in Spenser’s "Fairie Queene".

We begin to look at Elizabethan literature, as Sidney argues that poetry is superior to philosophy, and philosophy is put to use in Spenser’s "Fairie Queene".

HoP 423 - Heaven-Bred Poesy - Philip Sidney and Edmund Spenser

Richard Hooker defends the religious and political settlement of Elizabethan England using rational arguments and appeals to the natural law.

Richard Hooker defends the religious and political settlement of Elizabethan England using rational arguments and appeals to the natural law.

HoP 422 - The World’s Law - Richard Hooker

The evolution of ideas about kingship and the role of the “three estates” in 15th and 16th century England, with a focus on John Fortescue and Thomas Starkey.

The evolution of ideas about kingship and the role of the “three estates” in 15th and 16th century England, with a focus on John Fortescue and Thomas Starkey.

HoP 421 - With Such Perfection Govern - English Political Thought

What is the message of the famous, but elusive, work "Utopia", and how can it be squared with the life of its author?

What is the message of the famous, but elusive, work "Utopia", and how can it be squared with the life of its author?

HoP 420 - No Place Will Please Me So - Thomas More

Humanism comes to England and Scotland, leading scholars like Thomas Eylot and Andrew Melville to rethink philosophical education.

Humanism comes to England and Scotland, leading scholars like Thomas Eylot and Andrew Melville to rethink philosophical education.

HoP 419 - Write Till Your Ink Be Dry - Humanism in Britain

Diarmaid MacCulloch

A leading expert on the history of the Reformation joins us to explain the very different stories of England and Scotland in the 16th century.

A leading expert on the history of the Reformation joins us to explain the very different stories of England and Scotland in the 16th century.

HoP 418 - Diarmaid MacCulloch on the British Reformations

John Knox polemicizes against idolaters and female rulers, while the humanist George Buchanan argues more calmly for equally radical political conclusions.

John Knox polemicizes against idolaters and female rulers, while the humanist George Buchanan argues more calmly for equally radical political conclusions.

HoP 417 - To Kill a King - The Scottish Reformation

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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History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

Hellenistic doctors discover the nerves and argue about method; Galen passes judgment

HoP 075 - The Joy of Sects - Ancient Medicine and Philosophy

Raphael Woolf

Peter discusses Cicero's method and philosophical allegiances with Raphael Woolf

HoP 072 - Raphael Woolf on Cicero

R.J. Hankinson

Jim Hankinson tells Peter about the life, work and philosophical contributions of Galen

HoP 076 - R.J. Hankinson on Galen

Rachel Barney, Christof Rapp, and Mark Kalderon join Peter to discuss the importance of ancient philosophy for today's philosophers.

Rachel Barney, Christof Rapp, and Mark Kalderon join Peter to discuss the importance of ancient philosophy for today's philosophers.

HoP 300a - The Relevance of Ancient Philosophy Today

Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius' Meditations are a classic of Stoicism written by the most powerful philosopher who ever lived

HoP 067 - The Philosopher King - Marcus Aurelius

Porphyry defends vegetarianism and the harmony of Plato and Aristotle

HoP 092 - King of Animals - Porphyry

For Plotinus, Soul is on the border between the physical and intelligible realms. Can he convince us to identify ourselves with its highest part?

HoP 089 - On the Horizon - Plotinus on the Soul

Plutarch was a historian, a priest of Apollo, and a Platonist

HoP 080 - Delphic Utterances - Plutarch

Epictetus, greatest of the Roman Stoics, tells you how to set yourself free

HoP 066 - You Can Chain My Leg - Epictetus

Peter introduces Plotinus, the greatest philosopher of late antiquity and the founder of Neoplatonism

HoP 087 - A God is My Co-Pilot - the Life and Works of Plotinus

Alexander of Aphrodisias writes the greatest ancient commentaries on Aristotle and tries to demolish the Stoic teaching on fate

HoP 083 - Not Written in Stone – Alexander of Aphrodisias

Refutation of misogyny in Moderate Fonte and Lucrezia Marinella.

Refutation of misogyny in Moderate Fonte and Lucrezia Marinella.

HoP 338 - All About Eve - the Defense of Women

The blossoming of Renaissance Platonism under the Medici, who supported the scholarship of Poliziano, Ficino, and Pico della Mirandola.

The blossoming of Renaissance Platonism under the Medici, who supported the scholarship of Poliziano, Ficino, and Pico della Mirandola.

HoP 339 - I’d Like to Thank the Academy - Florentine Platonism

Seneca wields his rhetorically charged Latin to advance Stoic ethical theory

HoP 065 - Anger Management - Seneca

Peter King, Catarina Dutilh Novaes, and Russ Friedman discuss their approaches to medieval philosophy, and its contemporary relevance.

Peter King, Catarina Dutilh Novaes, and Russ Friedman discuss their approaches to medieval philosophy, and its contemporary relevance.

HoP 300b - The Relevance of Medieval Philosophy Today

Medieval attitudes towards homosexuality, sex and chastity, and the status of women. Authors discussed include Aquinas, Catherine of Siena, and Chaucer.

Medieval attitudes towards homosexuality, sex and chastity, and the status of women. Authors discussed include Aquinas, Catherine of Siena, and Chaucer.

HoP 293 - The Good Wife - Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages

Marsilio Ficino

Marsilio Ficino’s revival of Platonism, with a focus on his proofs for the soul’s immortality in his magnum opus, the Platonic Theology.

Marsilio Ficino’s revival of Platonism, with a focus on his proofs for the soul’s immortality in his magnum opus, the Platonic Theology.

HoP 340 - Footnotes to Plato - Marsilio Ficino

The Cyrenaics, the ultimate pleasure seekers of ancient philosophy

HoP 054 - Instant Gratification - the Cyrenaics

Serafina Cuomo

How did the mathematics of figures like Euclid and Archimides relate to ancient philosophy? Peter finds out in an interview with Serafina Cuomo

HoP 086 - Serafina Cuomo on Ancient Mathematics

Peter looks at the history of Aristotelianism up the time of the Roman Empire and the beginning of commentaries on his works

HoP 082 - Lost and Found – Aristotelianism after Aristotle

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