HoP 344 - The Count of Concord - Pico della Mirandola

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HoP 344 - The Count of Concord - Pico della Mirandola

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Pico della Mirandola argues for the harmony of the ancient authorities, draws on Jewish mysticism, and questions the value of humanist rhetoric.

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Mar 8, 2020

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Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes listeners through the history of philosophy, "without any gaps". www.historyofphilosophy.net

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HoP 010 - Mind Over Mixture - Anaxagoras: Is everything mixed with everything? Anaxagoras on Mind and the cosmos by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 062 - We Didn’t Start the Fire - the Stoics on Nature: The Stoic cosmos: suffused with divinity, surrounded by void, and endlessly repeating by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 086 - Serafina Cuomo on Ancient Mathematics: How did the mathematics of figures like Euclid and Archimides relate to ancient philosophy? Peter finds out in an interview with Serafina Cuomo by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 015 - Socrates without Plato - the Portrayals of Aristophanes and Xenophon: Socrates according to the comic poet Aristophanes and the historian Xenophon by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 078 - Middle Men - the Platonic Revival: Pioneering thinkers Eudorus, Alcinous, and Numenius fuse Pythagoreanism with Platonism and pave the way for Plotinus. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 082 - Lost and Found – Aristotelianism after Aristotle: Peter looks at the history of Aristotelianism up the time of the Roman Empire and the beginning of commentaries on his works by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 032 - Frisbee Sheffield on Platonic Love: Frisbee Sheffield discusses Plato's erotic dialogues, including the Symposium by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 042 - Soul Power - Aristotle's De Anima: Aristotle's theory of soul: its functions and how it relates to the body by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 054 - Instant Gratification - the Cyrenaics: The Cyrenaics, the ultimate pleasure seekers of ancient philosophy by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 096 - Dominic O'Meara on Neoplatonism: Dominic O'Meara speaks with Peter about political philosophy and mathematics in Neoplatonism by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 041 - Richard Sorabji on Time and Eternity in Aristotle: Richard Sorabji discusses time, eternity and mosquitos in Aristotle's Physics by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 058 - Reaping the Harvest - Lucretius: In "On the Nature of Things" Lucretius sets Epicureanism into Latin poetic verse by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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