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HoP 293 - The Good Wife - Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages
Episode 52
Medieval attitudes towards homosexuality, sex and chastity, and the status of women. Authors discussed include Aquinas, Catherine of Siena, and Chauc…
8 years, 2 months ago
HoP 292 - Say it With Poetry - Chaucer and Langland
Episode 51
Philosophical themes in Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales” and “Troilus and Criseyde,” as well as Langland’s “Piers Plowman.”
8 years, 2 months ago
HoP 291 - Alle Maner of Thyng Shall be Welle - English Mysticism
Episode 50
Julian of Norwich’s Shewings and the Cloud of Unknowing lay out challenging paths to knowledge of, and union with, God.
8 years, 3 months ago
HoP 290 - Martin Pickavé on Emotions in Medieval Philosophy
Episode 49
Martin Pickavé returns to the podcast to talk about theories of the emotions in Aquinas, Scotus and Wodeham.
8 years, 3 months ago
HoP 289 - A Wing and a Prayer - Angels in Medieval Philosophy
Episode 48
Be surprised by how many philosophical problems arise in connection with angels (how many can dance on the head of a pin is not one of them).
8 years, 4 months ago
HoP 288 - Men in Black - The German Dominicans
Episode 47
Dietrich of Freiberg, Berthold of Moosburg, John Tauler and Henry Suso explore Neoplatonism and mysticism.
8 years, 4 months ago
HoP 287 - Down to the Ground - Meister Eckhart
Episode 46
The scholastic and mystic Meister Eckhart sets out his daring speculations about God and humankind in both Latin and German.
8 years, 5 months ago
HoP 286 - On the Money - Medieval Economic Theory
Episode 44
Changing ideas about money, just price, and usury, up to the time of Buridan, Oresme, and Gregory of Rimini.
8 years, 5 months ago
HoP 285 - Dominik Perler on Medieval Skepticism
Episode 45
The medievals were too firm in their beliefs to entertain skeptical worries, right? Don't be so sure, as Peter learns from Dominik Perler.
8 years, 5 months ago
HoP 284 - Seeing is Believing - Nicholas of Autrecourt’s Skeptical Challenge
Episode 43
The debate between Nicholas of Autrecourt and John Buridan on whether it is possible to achieve certain knowledge.
8 years, 7 months ago