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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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