History of Philosophy
Summary: Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU Munich, takes listeners through the history of philosophy, without any gaps. A multi-volume book version is appearing with Oxford University Press; already available is "Classical Philosophy."
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Podcasts:
David Sedley discusses the Stoic school and its evolution
The Stoic ethical theory insists that perfection is possible, and that moral responsibility is compatible with determinism
The Stoic cosmos: suffused with divinity, surrounded by void, and endlessly repeating
The Stoics set out and defend an ambitious theory of knowledge, where it is possible to avoid all error
Introducing the early Stoics, Zeno, Cleanthes and Chrysippus, and their innovations in logic
James Warren chats with Peter about the pleasures of Epicureanism
In "On the Nature of Things" Lucretius sets Epicureanism into Latin poetic verse
The Epicureans reassure us against the terrors of death and punishment by the gods
Pleasure is the good, according to Epicurus. But how do we live most pleasantly?
Epicurus sets out an empiricist theory of knowledge and atomist physics, in support of hedonism
The Cyrenaics, the ultimate pleasure seekers of ancient philosophy
Diogenes and the other Cynics “deface the currency” by exposing the hypocrisy of Greek society.
Introducing the Stoics, Skeptics, Epicureans and Cynics, the schools of the Hellenistic age
The Old Academy and Theophrastus carry on the legacy of Plato and Aristotle
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
