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HoP 344 - The Count of Concord - Pico della Mirandola
Episode 106
Pico della Mirandola argues for the harmony of the ancient authorities, draws on Jewish mysticism, and questions the value of humanist rhetoric.
6 years, 6 months ago
HoP 343 - As Far as East from West - Jewish Philosophy in Renaissance Italy
Episode 107
Jewish philosophers in Renaissance Italy, focusing on Leone Ebreo’s Dialogues of Love, the Averroism of Elijah del Medigo, and Italian Kabbalah.
6 years, 7 months ago
HoP 342 - Denis Robichaud on Plato in the Renaissance
Episode 104
An interview with Denis Robichaud on how, and why, Plato was read in the Italian Renaissance.
6 years, 7 months ago
HoP 341 - True Romance - Theories of Love
Episode 105
Ficino describes a “Platonic” love purified of sexuality, prompting a debate carried on by Pico della Mirandola, Pietro Bembo, and Tullia d’Aragona.
6 years, 8 months ago
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, 8 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, 9 months ago
HoP 338 - All About Eve - the Defense of Women
Episode 101
Refutation of misogyny in Moderate Fonte and Lucrezia Marinella.
6 years, 9 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, 10 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, 10 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, 11 months ago