Podcast Episodes

HoP 393 - The World Doesn’t Revolve Around You - Copernicus

Episode 393

How revolutionary was the Copernican Revolution?

4 years, 6 months ago

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HoP 392 - John Sellars on Lipsius and Early Modern Stoicism

Episode 392

John Sellars returns to the podcast to discuss Lipsius' work on Seneca and the early modern Neo-Stoic movement.

4 years, 6 months ago

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HoP 391 - Everything is Mine and Nothing - Lipsius and the Revival of Stoicism

Episode 391

Justus Lipsius draws on Seneca and other Stoics to counsel peace of mind in the face of political chaos, but also writes a work on how such chaos can…

4 years, 7 months ago

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HoP 390 - Born to Be Contrary - Toleration in the Netherlands

Episode 390

Amidst religious conflict in the Netherlands, Dirck Coornhert pleads for religious toleration and freedom of expression.

4 years, 7 months ago

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HoP 389 - The Acid Test - Theories of Matter

Episode 389

Schegk, Taurellus, Gorlaeus, and Sennert revive atomism to explain chemical reactions, the composition of bodies, and the generation of organisms.

4 years, 8 months ago

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HoP 388 - Just Add Salt - Paracelsus and Alchemy

Episode 388

Paracelsus adapts the tradition of alchemical science for use in medicine, and in the process overturns the scientific theories of Aristotle and Gale…

4 years, 8 months ago

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HoP 387 - Helen Hattab on Protestant Philosophy

Episode 387

An interview with Helen Hattab on the scope and impact of scholastic philosophy among Protestants.

4 years, 8 months ago

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HoP 386 - Perhaps Not Wrong - Cornelius Agrippa

Episode 386

Was Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa a dark magician, a pious skeptic, or both?

4 years, 9 months ago

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HoP 385 - I Too Can Ask Questions - Protestant Scholasticism

Episode 385

In a surprise twist, some Protestant thinkers embrace the methods of scholasticism, and even find something to admire in the work of Catholic authors…

4 years, 9 months ago

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HoP 384 - We Are Not Our Own - John Calvin

Episode 384

John Calvin's views on predestination and the limits of human reason.

4 years, 10 months ago

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