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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Africana Philosophy Announcement
Episode 59
New paperbacks and a new series!
7 years, 9 months ago