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Episode 53
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Ulrich Zwingli was one of the towering figures of the Reformation, a committed humanist, and a warrior who ultimately fell in battle.…
2 years, 9 months ago
Return of the Old Gods in Germany | Episode LII
Episode 52
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In the opening lecture of his course on Homer, the Professor of Greek at the University of Wittenberg, Phillip Melanchthon, first inv…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Warm and Capacious Calvin | Episode LI
Episode 51
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A stern prophet of the new and harsh doctrine of predestination. A bloodthirsty tyrant burning people at the stake. A narrowminded do…
2 years, 10 months ago
How to Educate the Queen | Episode L
Episode 50
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How do you prepare a royal princess for the throne? In this episode, we look at the writings of two giants of Reformation humanism: J…
2 years, 11 months ago
Bread and Circuses for Rome | No Republic Was Ever Greater
Episode 49
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King Tarquinius secures his hold on power by expanding the Senate, but encounters a roadblock to strengthening the military in the pe…
2 years, 11 months ago
Enter the Tarquins | No Republic Was Ever Greater
Episode 48
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Strange omens, plague, occult religious rites. King Tullus Hostilius' reign collapses in something like supernatural madness. The gre…
3 years ago
Democracy Dies with Lysander, feat. Alex Petkas | Episode XLVII
Episode 47
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Lysander is a troubling figure. As a child, he was a charity case who excelled his more affluent peers; he never cared for wealth, an…
3 years ago
Education that Makes Aquinas Look Modern, feat. John Peterson | Episode XLVI
Episode 46
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In his wise and humane Didascalicon, the teacher, canon regular, and mystical theologian Hugh of St. Victor lays out his advice and i…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Danger of Plato | Episode XLV
Episode 45
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Does Plato, and philosophy more generally, belong in schools? In a lecture, professor and Davenant Institute VP Colin Redemer suggest…
3 years, 1 month ago
Can Humanism Replace Christianity? | Episode XLIV
Episode 44
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Irving Babbitt was the architect of New Humanism. He was also T.S. Eliot's mentor at Harvard. But in 1928, the newly Anglican Eliot's…
3 years, 2 months ago