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Brhaspati and the Carvaka/Lokayata Materialists
Episode 130
What if the most dangerous philosophy in ancient India left behind no texts of its own? What if the only reason we know it existed at all is because …
23 hours ago
Kanada and the Vaisesika System
Episode 129
What if I told you one of ancient India’s greatest thinkers was literally nicknamed “the atom-eater”?
Kaṇāda — founder of the Vaiśeṣika school — buil…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Jaimini and the Mimamsa-Sutra: The Philosophy of Sacred Action
Episode 128
Most philosophy curriculums stop at Plato and Kant, leaving out one of the most rigorous, sophisticated, and world-altering traditions in human histo…
3 months ago
Patanjali and the Yoga-Sutra
Episode 127
In this lecture, we explore Patañjali’s Yoga-Sūtra — one of the most rigorous philosophies of mind ever produced in the ancient world. What you’ll di…
3 months ago
Guatama: Founder of Nyaya- India's Science of Logic and Reasoning.
Episode 126
How do you know what you know? Not what you believe, but what you actually know with confidence. In this lecture, we explore the life and work of Akṣ…
3 months ago
Badarayana's Vedanta Sutra
Episode 125
You’ve heard of Plato, Confucius, and Kant. But what about Bādarāyaṇa? He wrote one of the most influential texts in human history—the Vedānta-Sūtra—…
3 months, 1 week ago
Zhang Zai: The Architect of Neo-Confucian Metaphysics
Episode 124
Zhang Zai: The Architect of Neo-Confucian Metaphysics | Philosophy Documentary
In this deep dive, we explore the remarkable story of Zhang Zai (1020-…
3 months, 1 week ago
Xunzi: The Architect of Confucian Order
Episode 123
We remember the optimists in philosophy—the ones who tell us we’re fundamentally good, that virtue comes naturally. Then there’s Xunzi.
This 3rd-cent…
3 months, 1 week ago
Han Fei: The Architect of Legalism
Episode 122
🏛️ Han Fei: The Philosopher Who Built Empires (And Died for His Ideas)
Can you run a government without good people? Not “should you” — can you?
In t…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Iamblichus: The Architect of Theurgical Neoplatonism
Episode 121
Meet Iamblichus of Chalcis—the philosopher who transformed Neoplatonism forever but rarely gets the spotlight he deserves. Born around 242 CE in the …
5 months, 2 weeks ago