HoP 365 - Spirits in the Material World - Telesio and Campanella on Nature

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HoP 365 - Spirits in the Material World - Telesio and Campanella on Nature

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Was the natural philosophy of Bernardino Telesio and Tommaso Campanella the first modern physical theory?

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Jan 31, 2021

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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 028 - Fiona Leigh on Plato's Sophist: Fiona Leigh discusses Plato's revised theory of Forms in the Sophist by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 087 - A God is My Co-Pilot - the Life and Works of Plotinus: Peter introduces Plotinus, the greatest philosopher of late antiquity and the founder of Neoplatonism by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 075 - The Joy of Sects - Ancient Medicine and Philosophy: Hellenistic doctors discover the nerves and argue about method; Galen passes judgment by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 038 - Down To Earth - Aristotle on Substance: Aristotle's critique of Platonic Forms and defense of his own metaphysics by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 105 - Naming the Nameless - the Pseudo-Dionysius: A mysterious author calling himself Dionysius fuses Neoplatonism with Christianity by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 365 - Spirits in the Material World - Telesio and Campanella on Nature

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