History of Philosophy
Summary: Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU Munich, takes listeners through the history of philosophy, without any gaps. A multi-volume book version is appearing with Oxford University Press; already available is "Classical Philosophy."
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Podcasts:
Tertullian, Lactantius, Jerome and Ambrose use and abuse Hellenic philosophy.
George Boys-Stones joins Peter to discuss philosophy in the Bible and the Greek Fathers.
Christian ascetics like Antony, Macrina and Evagrius create a new ethical ideal by pushing the human capacity for self-control to its limits.
The early Byzantine thinker Maximus uses Aristotle to defend the orthodox view of Christ's two natures
A mysterious author calling himself Dionysius fuses Neoplatonism with Christianity
Basil of Caesarea, his brother Gregory of Nyssa, and Gregory of Nazianzus use philosophy to help the poor and to defeat their theological opponents
Origen of Alexandria weaves Platonic ideas into new and controversial theological ideas
Irenaeus, Clement and Justin Martyr consider the relevance of philosophy for Christianity
An overview of what the Church Fathers contributed to ancient philosophy
A special double interview celebrates reaching 100 episodes by looking at the cultural status of philosophy in the ancient world
Richard Sorabji joins Peter to discuss the ancient commentators on Aristotle
John Philoponus refutes Aristotle’s and Proclus’ arguments for the eternity of the universe, and develops new ideas in physics.
Julian the Apostate and the philosophers of Athens and Alexandria try to keep pagan philosophy alive in the late Roman empire
Dominic O'Meara speaks with Peter about political philosophy and mathematics in Neoplatonism
Anne Sheppard joins Peter to discuss aesthetics from Plato to Proclus
