HoP 191 - The Young Ones: Encounters with European Thought

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HoP 191 - The Young Ones: Encounters with European Thought

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Oct 3, 2014

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18th and 19th century intellectuals in India and the Ottoman empire, from Shāh Walī Allāh to the Young Turks, continue Islamic traditions and grapple with European science.

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Oct 3, 2014

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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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HoP 002 - Infinity and Beyond - Anaximander and Anaximenes: Two early Pre-Socratics claim that the world is made of air, and the infinite by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 008 - You Can't Get There From Here - Zeno And Melissus: Zeno's paradoxes and Melissus develop the Eleatic philosophy by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 042 - Soul Power - Aristotle's De Anima: Aristotle's theory of soul: its functions and how it relates to the body by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 070 - The Know-Nothing Party - the Skeptical Academy: The Skeptical Academy attacks Stoic claims that certain knowledge is possible by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 020 - Virtue Meets Its Match - Plato's Gorgias: Ethics against immoralism in a Socratic masterpiece. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 079 - To the Lighthouse - Philo of Alexandria: Philo of Alexandria uses Platonism to understand the Bible of Moses by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
22 min listen
HoP 028 - Fiona Leigh on Plato's Sophist: Fiona Leigh discusses Plato's revised theory of Forms in the Sophist by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
25 min listen
HoP 011 - All You Need Is Love, and Five Other Things - Empedocles: Love, Strife and the four elements in Empedocles by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
17 min listen
HoP 003 - Created In Our Image - Xenophanes Against Greek Religion: The gods in Homer and Hesiod, and the critique of Xenophanes by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 014 - Making the Weaker Argument the Stronger - the Sophists: Rhetoric and relativism in Protagoras, Gorgias and other sophists by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
20 min listen
HoP 032 - Frisbee Sheffield on Platonic Love: Frisbee Sheffield discusses Plato's erotic dialogues, including the Symposium by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 010 - Mind Over Mixture - Anaxagoras: Is everything mixed with everything? Anaxagoras on Mind and the cosmos by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 024 - Famous Last Words - Plato's Phaedo: Forms and the immortality of the soul in the Phaedo by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 015 - Socrates without Plato - the Portrayals of Aristophanes and Xenophon: Socrates according to the comic poet Aristophanes and the historian Xenophon by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 040 - Let's Get Physical - Aristotle's Natural Philosophy: Aristotle's Physics explains change, time and place with the help of his actuality/potentiality distinction by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 037 - Hugh Benson on Aristotelian Method: Hugh Benson discusses Aristotle's ideas about arriving at knowledge by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 038 - Down To Earth - Aristotle on Substance: Aristotle's critique of Platonic Forms and defense of his own metaphysics by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 030 - A Likely Story - Plato's Timaeus: A divine craftsman makes the cosmos from triangles in Plato's Timaeus by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 017 - Raphael Woolf on Socrates: Raphael Woolf discusses Socrates as presented by Plato by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 012 - Malcolm Schofield on the Presocratics: Malcolm Schofield on Heraclitus, Parmenides and other early Greek philosophers by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 067 - The Philosopher King - Marcus Aurelius: Marcus Aurelius' Meditations are a classic of Stoicism written by the most powerful philosopher who ever lived by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 021 - We Don't Need No Education - Plato's Meno: The Meno and Plato's theory of recollection by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 087 - A God is My Co-Pilot - the Life and Works of Plotinus: Peter introduces Plotinus, the greatest philosopher of late antiquity and the founder of Neoplatonism by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 041 - Richard Sorabji on Time and Eternity in Aristotle: Richard Sorabji discusses time, eternity and mosquitos in Aristotle's Physics by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 058 - Reaping the Harvest - Lucretius: In "On the Nature of Things" Lucretius sets Epicureanism into Latin poetic verse by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 133 - Strings Attached - Music and Philosophy: Peter turns DJ, with some actual music interspersed with discussion about theories of music in Arabic philosophical texts. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 033 - Last Judgments - Plato, Poetry and Myth: Plato's attack on the poets and his own use of myth in the Republic and other dialogues by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 059 - James Warren on Epicureanism: James Warren chats with Peter about the pleasures of Epicureanism by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 055 - The Constant Gardener - Epicurus and his Principles: Epicurus sets out an empiricist theory of knowledge and atomist physics, in support of hedonism by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 082 - Lost and Found – Aristotelianism after Aristotle: Peter looks at the history of Aristotelianism up the time of the Roman Empire and the beginning of commentaries on his works by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 438 - Don't Give Up Pope - Catholic Reformation: How the Counter-Reformation or Catholic Reformation created a context for philosophy among Catholics, especially in Spain, Portugal, and Italy. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 437 - Jennifer Rampling on Renaissance Alchemy: An expert on Renaissance alchemy tells us how this art related to philosophy at the time... and how she has tried to reproduce its results! by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 436 - Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores - Robert Fludd: Our last figure of the English Renaissance undertakes daring investigations of chemistry, medicine, agriculture, and cosmology – and gets accused of magic and Rosicrucianism. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 417 - To Kill a King - The Scottish Reformation: John Knox polemicizes against idolaters and female rulers, while the humanist George Buchanan argues more calmly for equally radical political conclusions. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 416 - God’s is the Quarrel - The English Reformation: The historical context of English philosophy in the sixteenth century, with particular focus on Thomas Cranmer, and the role of religion in personal conscience and social cohesion. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 191 - The Young Ones: Encounters with European Thought

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