HoP 368 - Boundless Enthusiasm - Giordano Bruno

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HoP 368 - Boundless Enthusiasm - Giordano Bruno

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Giordano Bruno’s stunning vision of an infinite universe with infinite worlds, and his own untimely end.

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Mar 14, 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 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 033 - Last Judgments - Plato, Poetry and Myth: Plato's attack on the poets and his own use of myth in the Republic and other dialogues by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 017 - Raphael Woolf on Socrates: Raphael Woolf discusses Socrates as presented by Plato by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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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 by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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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 by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 024 - Famous Last Words - Plato's Phaedo: Forms and the immortality of the soul in the Phaedo by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 020 - Virtue Meets Its Match - Plato's Gorgias: Ethics against immoralism in a Socratic masterpiece. 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 008 - You Can't Get There From Here - Zeno And Melissus: Zeno's paradoxes and Melissus develop the Eleatic philosophy by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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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 011 - All You Need Is Love, and Five Other Things - Empedocles: Love, Strife and the four elements in Empedocles by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 021 - We Don't Need No Education - Plato's Meno: The Meno and Plato's theory of recollection by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 014 - Making the Weaker Argument the Stronger - the Sophists: Rhetoric and relativism in Protagoras, Gorgias and other sophists 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 012 - Malcolm Schofield on the Presocratics: Malcolm Schofield on Heraclitus, Parmenides and other early Greek philosophers by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 040 - Let's Get Physical - Aristotle's Natural Philosophy: Aristotle's Physics explains change, time and place with the help of his actuality/potentiality distinction by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 030 - A Likely Story - Plato's Timaeus: A divine craftsman makes the cosmos from triangles in Plato's Timaeus 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 070 - The Know-Nothing Party - the Skeptical Academy: The Skeptical Academy attacks Stoic claims that certain knowledge is possible by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 037 - Hugh Benson on Aristotelian Method: Hugh Benson discusses Aristotle's ideas about arriving at knowledge by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 090 - A Decorated Corpse – Plotinus on Matter and Evil: Plotinus struggles to explain the presence of suffering, evil and ugliness in a world caused by purely good principles – and tells us what role we should play in that world. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 115 - Me, Myself and I - Augustine on Mind and Memory: In On the Trinity Augustine explores the human mind as an image of God. by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 067 - The Philosopher King - Marcus Aurelius: Marcus Aurelius' Meditations are a classic of Stoicism written by the most powerful philosopher who ever lived by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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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 050 - MM McCabe and Raphael Woolf on Aristotle on Plato: Peter's colleagues MM McCabe and Raphael Woolf join him for a special 50th episode interview, to discuss Aristotle's reactions to his teacher Plato 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 084 - Silver Tongues in Golden Mouths - Rhetoric and Ancient Philosophy: Themistius, Quintilian, Lucian and other authors tell us about the connections between rhetoric and late ancient philosophy by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 099 - Richard Sorabji on the Commentators: Richard Sorabji joins Peter to discuss the ancient commentators on Aristotle 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 079 - To the Lighthouse - Philo of Alexandria: Philo of Alexandria uses Platonism to understand the Bible of Moses by History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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HoP 368 - Boundless Enthusiasm - Giordano Bruno

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