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HoP 340 - Footnotes to Plato - Marsilio Ficino
HoP 340 - Footnotes to Plato - Marsilio Ficino

Episode 102

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

6 years, 2 months ago

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

Episode 103

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

6 years, 2 months ago

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HoP 338 - All About Eve - the Defense of Women
HoP 338 - All About Eve - the Defense of Women

Episode 101

Refutation of misogyny in Moderate Fonte and Lucrezia Marinella.

6 years, 3 months ago

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HoP 337 - More Rare Than the Phoenix - Italian Women Humanists
HoP 337 - More Rare Than the Phoenix - Italian Women Humanists

Episode 100

Cassandra Fedele, Isotta Nogarola, and Laura Cereta seek fame and glory through eloquence and learning.

6 years, 3 months ago

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HoP 336 - We Built This City - Christine de Pizan
HoP 336 - We Built This City - Christine de Pizan

Episode 99

Christine de Pizan's political philosophy, epistemology, and the refutation of misogyny in her "City of Ladies".

6 years, 4 months ago

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HoP 335 - Sabrina Ebbersmeyer on Emotions in Renaissance Philosophy
HoP 335 - Sabrina Ebbersmeyer on Emotions in Renaissance Philosophy

Episode 98

An interview with Sabrina Ebbersmeyer about the relation of emotion to reason and the body, and panpsychism, in the Renaissance.

6 years, 4 months ago

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HoP 334 - Chance Encounters - Reviving Hellenistic philosophy
HoP 334 - Chance Encounters - Reviving Hellenistic philosophy

Episode 97

The rediscovery of Epicurus, Lucretius, and Sextus Empiricus spreads challenging ideas about chance, atomism, and skepticism.

6 years, 5 months ago

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HoP 333 - Difficult to Be Good - Humanist Ethics
HoP 333 - Difficult to Be Good - Humanist Ethics

Episode 96

Humanists from Bruni and Valla to Pontano and Castiglione ask whether ancient ethical teachings can still help us learn how to live.

6 years, 5 months ago

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HoP 332 - Jill Kraye on Humanism
HoP 332 - Jill Kraye on Humanism

Episode 95

Jill Kraye returns to the podcast to discuss the nature of humanism, its relation to scholasticism, and its legacy.

6 years, 6 months ago

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HoP 331 - Literary Criticism - Lorenzo Valla

Episode 94

Lorenzo Valla launches a furious attack on scholastic philosophy, favoring the resources of classical Latin.

6 years, 6 months ago

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