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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, 2 months ago
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, 2 months ago
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, 3 months ago
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, 3 months ago
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, 4 months ago
HoP 330 - Republic of Letters - Italian Humanism
Episode 93
Coluccio Salutati and Leonardo Bruni combine eloquence with philosophy, taking as their model the refined language and republican ideals found in Cic…
6 years, 5 months ago
HoP 329 - Greeks Bearing Gifts - Byzantine Scholars in Italy
Episode 92
Bessarion and George Trapenzuntius, rival scholars from the Greek east who helped inspire the Italian Renaissance.
6 years, 6 months ago
HoP 328 - Old News - Introduction to the Italian Renaissance
Episode 91
A first look at the themes and figures of philosophy in the Italian Renaissance.
6 years, 6 months ago
HoP 327 - Michele Trizio on Byzantine and Latin Medieval Philosophy
Episode 90
The series on Byzantium concludes as Michele Trizio discusses the mutual influence of Byzantium and Latin Christendom.
6 years, 6 months ago
HoP 326 - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - the Later Orthodox Tradition
Episode 89
When the Byzantine empire ended in 1453, philosophy in Greek did not end with it. In this episode we bring the story up to the 20th century.
6 years, 7 months ago