Podcast Episodes

HoP 008 - You Can't Get There From Here - Zeno And Melissus

Zeno's paradoxes and Melissus develop the Eleatic philosophy

15 years, 10 months ago

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HoP 007 - The Road Less Traveled - Parmenides

The father of metaphysics, Parmenides of Elea

15 years, 10 months ago

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HoP 006 - MM McCabe on Heraclitus

Episode 6

MM McCabe of King's discusses the fragments of Heraclitus

15 years, 10 months ago

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HoP 005 - Old Man River - Heraclitus

Everything changes in the riddling philosophy of Heraclitus

15 years, 10 months ago

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HoP 004 - The Man With The Golden Thigh - Pythagoras

Pythagoras and mathematics in ancient philosophy

15 years, 11 months ago

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HoP 003 - Created In Our Image - Xenophanes Against Greek Religion

The gods in Homer and Hesiod, and the critique of Xenophanes

15 years, 11 months ago

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HoP 002 - Infinity and Beyond - Anaximander and Anaximenes

Two early Pre-Socratics claim that the world is made of air, and the infinite

15 years, 11 months ago

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HoP 001 - Everything is Full of Gods - Thales

In this first episode, Peter discusses the goals of the series and Thales, the first Greek philosopher.

15 years, 11 months ago

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