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HoP 306 - Collectors’ Items - Photius and Byzantine Compilations
HoP 306 - Collectors’ Items - Photius and Byzantine Compilations

Episode 68

Photius, “the inventor of the book review,” and other Byzantine scholars who preserved ancient learning.

7 years, 5 months ago

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HoP 305 - Andrew Louth on John of Damascus
HoP 305 - Andrew Louth on John of Damascus

Episode 66

Peter is joined by Andrew Louth for a discussion of John of Damascus and his theological use of philosophy.

7 years, 6 months ago

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HoP 304 - Behind Enemy Lines - John of Damascus
HoP 304 - Behind Enemy Lines - John of Damascus

Episode 65

John of Damascus helps to shape the Byzantine understanding of humankind and the veneration of images, despite living in Islamic territory.

7 years, 6 months ago

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HoP 303 - Don’t Picture This - Iconoclasm
HoP 303 - Don’t Picture This - Iconoclasm

Episode 64

Is it idolatry to venerate an icon of a saint, or of Christ? The dispute leads the Byzantines to ponder the relation between an image and its object.

7 years, 6 months ago

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HoP 302 - On the Eastern Front - Philosophy in Syriac and Armenian
HoP 302 - On the Eastern Front - Philosophy in Syriac and Armenian

Episode 63

Eastern Christian philosophy outside of Constantinople, focusing on translation and exegesis in the languages of Syriac and Armenian.

7 years, 7 months ago

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HoP 301 - The Empire Strikes Back - Introduction to Byzantine Philosophy
HoP 301 - The Empire Strikes Back - Introduction to Byzantine Philosophy

Episode 62

We begin to look at the third tradition of medieval philosophy, in which the heritage of classical antiquity is preserved and debated by the Byzantin…

7 years, 7 months ago

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HoP 300b - The Relevance of Medieval Philosophy Today
HoP 300b - The Relevance of Medieval Philosophy Today

Episode 61

Peter King, Catarina Dutilh Novaes, and Russ Friedman discuss their approaches to medieval philosophy, and its contemporary relevance.

7 years, 8 months ago

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HoP 300a - The Relevance of Ancient Philosophy Today
HoP 300a - The Relevance of Ancient Philosophy Today

Episode 60

Rachel Barney, Christof Rapp, and Mark Kalderon join Peter to discuss the importance of ancient philosophy for today's philosophers.

7 years, 8 months ago

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HoP 299 - Robert Pasnau on Substance in Scholasticism
HoP 299 - Robert Pasnau on Substance in Scholasticism

Episode 58

Bob Pasnau joins Peter to discuss ideas about substance from Aquinas down to the time of Locke, Leibniz and Descartes.

7 years, 9 months ago

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Africana Philosophy Announcement
Africana Philosophy Announcement

Episode 59

New paperbacks and a new series!

7 years, 9 months ago

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